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CHAPTER 91

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last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-01-31 05:23:56

Matt's POV

The fact that she did it. She actually fucking married him. The text from my guy at the courthouse sits on my phone screen, a digital slap. Michael Sotheby & Stacy Reed. Marriage registered.

My hand clenches so hard the plastic case creaks. The rage is a living thing, boiling my blood, tightening my chest. She did it to piss me off. To spit in my face. That's the only reason. That rich bastard can't actually want her. Not my Stacy. Not after everything.

My phone buzzes again, snappin
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