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CHAPTER FORTY NINE

ผู้เขียน: Abby Gale
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Elise's pov

I spent the rest of the workday staring at that flash drive, turning it over and over in my hands like it might reveal its secrets if I just looked hard enough.

By the time Leonardo picked me up, I had worked myself into a state of anxious paranoia that must have been obvious because he immediately asked, "You okay back there?"

"Fine. Just tired."

"Boss is making dinner. He said to tell you he's trying out a new recipe."

Of course he was. Sebastian and his domestic gestures that made it so easy to forget he was a man who owned a BDSM club and collected blackmail material like other people collected stamps.

The penthouse was filled with the smell of garlic and herbs when I walked in. Sebastian stood at the stove, sleeves rolled up, looking like he belonged in a cookbook photoshoot rather than plotting corporate espionage.

"Hey, princess." He turned and smiled, but it faded when he saw my expression. "What's wrong?"

I held up the flash drive. "What's really on here?"

"I told
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