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Chapter 123: The Distance

Penulis: Raodot Salihat
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-14 14:49:13

**Amara's POV**

Adrian went to Manhattan on Thursday.

Not unexpectedly.

He had told me Tuesday evening.

The board needed him in person for the Sterling merger final review and there were things that required his physical presence at Wolfe Tower that a laptop and a phone from a Philadelphia sofa could not provide.

He told me at nine PM.

After Noah was asleep.

In the living room.

On the sofa.

The specific quality of someone who had promised to tell me everything before it happened and was keeping
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