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Chapter Eighty-three – Choosing Damian

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Vince doesn’t say another word.

He just turns his chair slightly, angling his body away from her in a small, deliberate dismissal, and picks up his phone.

As if she’s already gone.

As if she never mattered.

The childish part of her still wanted him to fight for her shrivels.

The woman left standing in his office feels… lighter.

Hurt.

Shaking.

But lighter.

Ava closes the folder of evidence and leaves it on his desk.

“Call your lawyers,” she says. “You’re going to need them.”

He doesn’t look up.

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