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Chapter 34

Author: Feesa
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-27 01:42:04

AARON

Venus was taking too long in the bathroom.

I wouldn’t put it past these snakes to try something reckless, so I left the ballroom, pushing through the clusters of overdressed liars and social climbers. The moment I turned the corner into the hallway, I caught the tail end of a voice I’d recognize even in my sleep—Caroline. That icy tone, wrapped in faux elegance but sharp enough to cut bone.

My steps slowed.

She had Venus backed into a corner. Not metaphorically—literally. I lingered in the shadows just long enough to catch her next words, low and poisonous: “How much did he offer you?”

My jaw clenched.

She was really doing this? Offering money like it was a transaction? Accusing her?

I should’ve stepped in right then. But I didn’t. I watched. Not because I didn’t trust Venus but because some twisted part of me needed to know. Would she take the bait? Sell me out? Break the illusion?

She didn’t.

She stood her ground. Fierce. Unflinching. God, she was good. So good that if I didn’
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