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CHAPTER 40 — THE UNWANTED RINGTONE
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2026-03-14 12:39:00
Aria's PO
I pouted. "Fine. You’re too good at this. Your turn. And…make it hard."
Lucien went quiet. He folded his hands on the table, the candlelight highlighting the scars on his knuckles, scars from the men he’d fought to protect me.
"One," he began, his voice dropping to a low, intimate register. "I once stole a car whe
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