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Chapter 52: Another Wait

Author: Sire Bliss
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-21 00:04:05

**Marcus:** *Heard Lucas made you an offer. Heard you declined. Proud of you.*

**Me:** *How did you hear?*

**Marcus:** *Lucas called me. He wanted to make sure there were no hard feelings about approaching you behind my back. I told him you’d say no. He didn’t believe me.*

**Me:** *Why did you think I’d say no?*

**Marcus:** *Because you’re not the type to let someone else control your success. You’re the type to build it yourself, brick by brick, even if it takes longer. That’s why I invested in you in the first place.*

**Me:** *Thank you. For believing in me when no one else did.*

**Marcus:** *I didn’t believe in you. I believed in your talent. You’re the one who proved you had the strength to back it up. Now go get your son. Show Adrian Moore that taking things that don’t belong to him has consequences.*

I smiled at the phone. Marcus understood. He’d always understood.

Tomorrow, the custody papers will be filed. Adrian would receive them. And the war would officially begin.

But toni
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