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Chapter 19

Author: Quin Gee
last update publish date: 2026-04-28 02:07:31

ELYRA.

I felt my blood go cold, my body stiffening under the pressure of their eyes. Every single person in the hall was now looking at me.

Every single one of them.

I could feel the curiosity in their eyes. I heard the whispers, saw the phones shifting subtly..

I swallowed.

These were not ordinary people. These were high-society names. CEOs. Investors. Socialites. People who could dig up your entire life story before someone could say Jack.

And if they did, they could discover who I was and fi
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