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Chapter Seventy

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ADRIAN

By the time Rafael walked into my penthouse with Congressman Baxter behind him, I already had a glass of water in my hand that I kept forgetting to drink. I had been pacing the living room aimlessly, replaying too many conversations in my head at once, and I only stopped when the elevator doors opened.

“Jesus,” Rafael said as soon as he walked in. “You look like shit.”

“Fuck you,” I said. “Sit down.”

“Let’s get straight to it,” Baxter said as he removed his jacket and draped it over the
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