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Chapter 48

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Chapter 48

(The Woman in the Shadows)

The morning of the Warren Foundation Gala arrived with a clinical, high-speed energy that made the mansion feel more like a command centre than a home. Pearl hadn’t seen Ace since the previous evening. He had been sequestered in the west wing with Isabella, submerged in back-to-back meetings with legal teams and crisis managers. Occasionally, she would catch a glimpse of him through a cracked door—his shirt sleeves rolled up, his face tight with a tension
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