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CHAPTER 64

Autor: Penny
last update Fecha de publicación: 2025-05-06 23:24:19

Federal Courthouse – One Week Later

Michael's cuffs gleamed in the harsh fluorescent lighting of the courtroom as marshals led him past the cameras and the packed gallery. The orange jumpsuit hung loosely on his frame—he had already lost weight in the seven days since his arrest, his cheekbones more pronounced, the skin beneath his eyes shadowed with exhaustion or calculation or both. Yet he maintained the ramrod posture that had intimidated boardrooms across three continents, his gaze sweepi
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