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Chapter 89

Author: Erika Lana Bell
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-08-25 20:54:47

Leon’s POV.

My day blurred into a string of much-needed distractions. Contracts. Reports. Stacks of paperwork Ezra had organized neatly across my desk. I should have gone through them with my usual effort, but my eyes slid across the words without taking them in. My focus wasn’t here, no matter how much I forced it.

The phone call earlier had shaken something loose inside me. Franchesca.

Even the thought of her name pressed against my chest like a weight I’d buried years ago. I hadn’t expected to hear from her ever again.

Nor had I wanted to.

I told myself that chapter was closed, yet the sound of her voice had been enough to rip open a scar I’d worked hard to keep sealed.

I didn’t tell Scarlett. I wouldn’t. It wasn’t her burden to carry, and it sure as hell wasn’t her problem. She had enough to worry about without my ghosts.

I picked up a pen, signed my name to a document without even reading it, then tossed the folder aside. My hand tightened around the pen until it cracked. The sil
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