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Chapter 6

Author: Phonenix
"What did you say!?"

A body?

They found Sophia's body?

Sophia was really dead?

No. No way.

Daniel's mind reeled. His grip went slack.

Emma collapsed like a rag doll, crawling away from him on her hands and knees.

Daniel stood, didn't even glance at her. He ran.

His father was sitting in a wheelchair in the next room, four bodyguards behind him.

He'd been sick for months. His face was gaunt, pale, sunken. But those eyes—still sharp as ever. They fixed on Daniel with cold judgment.

This son of his
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