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Chapter 17: Lonely

Author: BlackFlame
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Chapter 17: Lonely

Aria’s POV

After that night, Lucian went to work earlier. He didn't even bother to look at me when I was calling him for breakfast.

Is he still mad? But he apologized last night. I shook my head. You still need to meet someone, Aria. Mr. Dantes, whom my father borrowed money from, called me to collect my dad’s debt.

Dad owed him fifteen million dollars. I’ll be using the money that Mr. Montez gave me. He doesn't know that I’m meeting someone right now. I just pretended to stay in my room while I had difficulty escaping from the guards, but I still managed.

I’m wearing a hoodie and brought 15 million cash. I’m waiting for Mr. Dantes to arrive because we decided to meet here at the coffee shop.

After five minutes, he showed. He's with someone—an attorney.

They sat facing me. I placed the bag of money on the table. Mr. Dantes checked it. He nodded to the attorney, and they offered me files.

“I’m not going to count it because I trust you. You can sign the papers now. Yo
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