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Author: Dee Rah
last update publish date: 2026-02-16 19:13:54
TRISTAN

“I’m not staying for dinner.”

That was the first thing I said when one of the maids greeted me at the door. She had already begun to ask if she should set the table when I loosened my tie and stepped inside. Deep down I actually wanted her to because I could already feel the exhaustion gnawing at me.

“Should I inform the kitchen to…”

But I couldn’t afford to do that.

“Don’t bother,” I interrupted, softer this time. “I have another meeting in a couple of minutes. I just came to
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    SERAPHINA“He will see you now.” The secretary said, as she showed me into the office.The lawyer had his eyes fixed on me the moment I walked into the room.“Mrs. Blackwell,” he said, after a moment, as he got up and extended his hand to me, “I was so surprised when you reached out.”I hated the way my spine stiffened at the name now. It felt like I was not exactly worthy of it and that was something that I couldn’t exactly wrap my head around.“They say ignorance is bliss, but I’ve never been particularly fond of being blindsided.” I said, as soon as I sat down.The lawyer didn’t react. He merely regarded me over the rim of his glasses, his expression neutral in the way men like him perfected over decades of delivering inconvenient truths.“I would like to know exactly what you want, so I can properly render aid.”“I need to understand exactly what kind of marriage I’m in,” I said, forcing my voice to remain steady. “And whether it was legal in the first place.”He opened a folder o

  • Mr Billionaire wants a bride   Where is she?

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    SERAPHINA“You look like hell.”I didn’t look up when Darren walked into my office. I was already three reports deep into projected cost breakdowns for Requiem, my screen glowing too brightly against the headache forming at my temples.The whole thought behind this was that if I drowned myself in e

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