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Chapter 55: THE BREACH

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last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-11-02 04:14:03

By the time Ethan came back into the room, I knew something was wrong.

Not because he looked angry.

Ethan was angry often enough that I had learned there were different varieties.

There was the quiet boardroom anger, where his face went blank and somebody's career usually disappeared.

There was the irritated husband anger, which involved narrowed eyes, clipped answers, and occasionally me being told to stop climbing furniture.

There was the protective anger, which I had learned to recognize aft
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