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Chapter 43

Author: Dhaemmah
last update publish date: 2026-05-08 18:49:14

LUCIEN

Ava walked in.

For a second, everything else faded.

She looked... stunningly beautiful like she hadn’t been the reason I didn’t sleep at all.

Before I could even take her in properly, she walked straight past me and dropped a blue file on my desk.

“Grandpa said he saw you smoking this morning.” Her voice sounded too calm and I knew what was coming after.

“Since when do you smoke?” she continued, crossing her arms. “And don’t tell me it’s nothing, because it’s not nothing.”

I opened my m
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