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Chapter 17: Seeing The Contract

Roseheart
last update Veröffentlichungsdatum: 26.05.2026 20:01:03

HARLOW'S POV

Kael had left me alone in his penthouse again.

He had meetings all morning, he said. Important ones. The kind he could not miss. I understood. But I was bored. And curious. And his office door was slightly open.

I should not have gone in.

But I did.

The office was dark. The blinds were drawn. His desk was clean except for a stack of papers and a laptop. I walked around the room, running my fingers over his bookshelves, his awards, his framed photos. None of them showed people. Jus
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