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Chapter 146: Wound That Never Heals

作者: Goldentreasure
last update 公開日: 2026-10-05 23:32:42

Liam

Thomas Crane's hands would not stop shaking.

I watched them across the diner table, wrapped around a coffee cup that had long gone cold. His fingers were thin, the knuckles swollen with arthritis, the nails bitten to the quick. They trembled like leaves in a storm.

I could not stop staring at them.

Those hands had held a gun. Those hands had stood by while my father was murdered. Those hands had carried secrets for twenty years, hidden from justice, hidden from me.

And now they were o
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  • I Was Hired To Seduce My Boss    Chapter 146: Wound That Never Heals

    Liam Thomas Crane's hands would not stop shaking. I watched them across the diner table, wrapped around a coffee cup that had long gone cold. His fingers were thin, the knuckles swollen with arthritis, the nails bitten to the quick. They trembled like leaves in a storm. I could not stop staring at them. Those hands had held a gun. Those hands had stood by while my father was murdered. Those hands had carried secrets for twenty years, hidden from justice, hidden from me. And now they were offering me redemption. "Tell me about that night," I said. Thomas Crane looked up, his dirty-water eyes meeting mine. "Which part?" "The part where my father died." He flinched, but he did not look away. "I was there. In the parking garage. Viktor sent me to make sure the job was done. I stood in the shadows. I watched." "Did you try to stop it?" His silence was answer enough. I leaned back in the booth, my hands flat on the table. I did not yell. I did not reach across and grab him by th

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