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CHAPTER 31

Autor: Joy Cherish
last update Data de publicação: 2026-05-23 13:27:22

Liam's Pov

The gala had not ended. It had only shifted.

The kind of shift that happens when people with power stop pretending they are only here for courtesy.

Reynolds Holdings had filled the hall with gold lighting and soft orchestral music, but none of it mattered anymore.

Not to me.

Because I had already lost control of the only thing I did not plan for.

Ava Morales.

And now, the universe was doing what it always does when something becomes inconvenient.

It added more pressure.

“Liam.”

My g
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