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Chapter 65

Author: Bam Bam
last update publish date: 2026-09-10 07:02:15

Chapter 65 – Kai

I had spent most of my life measuring progress in things that could be counted.

Contracts signed.

Threats eliminated.

Deals secured.

Territories protected.

Numbers on reports.

It was easy to measure those things.

People were harder.

Especially Lena.

Not because I couldn't understand her.

Because every few weeks, I realized there was another part of her I hadn't seen before.

That morning, I found her standing in the kitchen with a stack of printed papers in one hand and her phon
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