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Chapter 9

Author: QuillWhisper
last update Last Updated: 2026-03-07 17:23:06

[THE THIN LINE]

I had thought I had learned to move through the Yu mansion without drawing attention to myself. Careful steps on polished floors, polite smiles, measured words. But tonight, everything felt different. My pulse betrayed me with every glance, every slight movement, every whisper of silk against marble.

Julian was unusually quiet at dinner. Not the warm, charming host the world adored, but a predator in a tailored suit, his eyes sharp, calculating. Maris. His hand brushed mine once
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