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Chapter 146

Author: Lana Mora
last update publish date: 2026-06-19 08:00:08

The wind sliced past her ears. Late spring was giving way to early summer, yet the wind was chilling.

Adrian froze, his face a mask of utter disgust. Never in his life had he been so humiliated in front of a woman, and it was all thanks to Julian. "Who told you? Julian?"

"Does it matter who told me? What matters is that you really sold me out."

Her eyes were bloodshot, tinged with red, glistening with unshed tears that refused to fall. Vanessa felt a humiliation unlike anything she had ever kno
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