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Chapter 6

Author: mina
I turned toward the voice.

Anthony Harrison walked into the chapel in a sharply tailored dark suit. His shoes clicked against the marble floor, and every head turned his way.

The last time I'd seen him was eight years earlier, when I'd rejected him in person.

After that, our paths never crossed again. He never even showed up at Harrison family dinners.

Whenever anyone asked Leo about Anthony, he would stare straight at me and say in a strange tone that his grandson had been hurt and needed time
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