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Chapter 20 - Hi Ho Hi ho, It's off to work we Go

Autor: Shay Calestia
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-03-10 19:29:02

Liana

I wake before the sun.

The view from my bedroom windows is breathtaking, the city still not quite awake, but as if it too wants to see what the new dawn will bring.

For so long we had slept in shelters, cheap motel rooms, sometimes even outside that the luxury around me still seems like a dream.

I shake of the melancholy, take a deep breath and embrace the quiet, the space, the faint scent of Adriano still lingering in the room.

For some reason Adriano’s penthouse doesn’t feel cold th
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