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Obsession Has a price

Author: Fay Manual
last update publish date: 2026-07-01 18:22:58

Chapter 9:

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The moment I stepped into the penthouse, I knew Adrian was already waiting like a general who had just mapped every possible route the enemy could take to breach his walls.

His jacket was gone. Tie loosened. His laptop was open on the dining table. Three separate files spread across the marble like evidence boards in an active manhunt.Adrian Kane didn’t spiral emotionally. He strategized. Which was infinitely more terrifying.

He looked up the second the door opened. His eyes sw
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