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Chapter 10: Daddy please!!

Penulis: Elena Thorne
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The weekend in Chelsea dissolved like a dream the moment Monday arrived.

By sunrise, Elena was already awake, lying stiffly in the guest room Julian insisted was hers for appearances, he’d said, mouth curved in that knowing way that made her feel owned even when he wasn’t touching her. The sheets still smelled faintly of him. Expensive soap. Cedar. Control.

She left before he woke.

By the time she stepped onto campus, the city had reclaimed her. The polished menace of Chelsea was replaced with
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