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Chapter 205

Penulis: Quillian Dark
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-09-11 23:24:23

The knock came on the fourth evening, quiet and hesitant, nothing like the confident sound Liam usually made announcing his presence anywhere he went, boardrooms included.

Amanda glanced at me from the kitchen, a silent question in her eyes, her hand already reaching to turn down the stove where something had been simmering for the last hour.

"I'll get it," I said, my heart already pounding hard before I'd even reached the door, some part of me already knowing who it was before I'd confirmed an
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