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Chapter twenty-one

Author: Wealth
last update publish date: 2026-09-10 16:19:40

Nora's POV

For a second all I could do was stare at him, my mind refusing to catch up to what my eyes were telling me.

"Marcus," I said, and my voice came out steadier than I felt, which was the only thing keeping me upright. "Damien trusts you with everything."

"I know." He didn't sound proud of it. If anything, he sounded tired, the same bone-deep tired I'd heard in Rachel's voice a minute ago, before all of this went sideways. "Six years, Nora. Six years I've watched that man make decision a
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  • My Alpha Rejected Me Then Discovered I was Billionaire Luna   Chapter twenty-one

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