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What Grant Knew

Author: Veekee writes
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-06 03:30:02

Chapter Twenty

Grant Whitfield arrived at Alaric's penthouse forty minutes later, alone, without Jonah, looking nothing like the sharp, impatient man Wren remembered from the corridor at Voss Holdings. He looked tired. Older. Like a man who'd spent the night deciding whether his career mattered more than his conscience and hadn't fully settled the question.

"I'll get straight to it," Grant said, refusing the coffee Priya offered, standing near the window instead of sitting. "Jonah doesn't know
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