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Chapter 22

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last update Date de publication: 2026-10-24 14:27:55

I asked Max once.

One text, from a number he didn't have, typed with my thumbs pressing so hard the screen dipped. *How did you find me?*

His reply came in under a minute.

*Does it matter? I found you. That's what matters.*

I read it standing in the kitchen with the kettle screaming behind me, and a cold finger traced the back of my neck. Max had never been vague in his life. Max was a man who told you exactly how he'd done something so you'd know how clever he was. This was a man guarding a do
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