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CHAPTER 34

Auteur: Ashley Cole
last update Date de publication: 2026-03-06 04:49:28

The call ended. Alexandra stood and walked to the great window. The sky was charcoal, the sea a black void swallowing the last of the light.

"You're going to hurt people," she said, not looking at me.

"They are already hurting people. They orchestrated the theft of your life. They paid a man to shatter your heart for profit. They are trying to take our child and use it as a weapon. I will not meet their knives with a spreadsheet."

"I know." She finally turned to face me. Her eyes searched mine-
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