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Chapter 111

Author: Anney GW
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FLORENCE’S POV

The speed with which Mason ran out of my apartment, you’d think his house was on fire.

I stood there for a second, the door still swinging slightly on its hinges, before shaking my head.

Given everything the Whitehills were dealing with—protests, bad press, financial disasters—I wouldn’t be surprised if something crazy had happened again.

Still…

A small, traitorous part of me had hoped he might stick around a little longer.

Maybe we could’ve talked. Maybe put on a movie. Maybe—

I shut the thought down before it could fully form.

What was wrong with me?

I had Raiden.

I had no business missing moments with Mason.

But the truth was harder to ignore: I hadn’t properly seen Raiden since we came back from Paris.

He hadn’t been into the office.

He barely called.

If it weren’t for the daily bouquets showing up like clockwork, I might have thought he’d abandoned me altogether.

But no.

Raiden wasn’t that kind of man.

Which meant his father really was the problem.

I thought back t
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