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Chapter 579

Author: Warm Cocoa
The moment Winnie laid eyes on Stellar, her face turned pale, and she gave a visible shudder.

Still, she forced herself to walk in and handed the contract to Leslie.

Leslie took the folder, skimmed through a few pages, then slid it across the table toward Edwin.

“Mr. Rivers, please take a look. If everything looks good, we can make it official.”

But Edwin just stared at Winnie, completely frozen, his mind blanking out like someone had pulled the plug on his thoughts.

Stellar noticed his reaction right away.

Did they know each other?

She glanced at Winnie, who seemed to avoid looking in Edwin’s direction entirely.

If they had met before, she wasn’t showing it.

Instead, she looked uneasy and restless, as if it wasn’t Edwin but Stellar she feared.

This wasn’t the right moment to press for answers, so she quietly nudged Edwin with her elbow.

Snapping back to reality, Edwin forced down the waves of emotion surging through him and rasped out, “All right, Mr. Yoon.”

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