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247. We've already lost her once

Auteur: A mum to be
last update Date de publication: 2026-08-01 18:22:49

"Do you doubt your wife?"

The question left Lestari's lips calmly, yet it was enough to make Gian flinch and turn toward her. Her voice cut straight through him, as if she had deliberately touched the part of his heart he had been trying so hard to bury. He held his breath for a moment before letting it out slowly.

Thank goodness it was only his mother standing behind him.

If his father had been there too, he would have been done for. Everyone knew how much Mr. M

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