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Chapter 97

Author: Quillian Dark
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-31 08:31:45

I didn’t expect to be irritated that early in the afternoon.

Not because irritation was unusual for me. It wasn’t. It usually came with meetings, shareholders, or people who thought confidence was a substitute for competence.

But this was different.

This was personal.

The Grand Hôtel Bellarosa had settled into its usual afternoon rhythm—soft footsteps on polished stone, elevator chimes echoing like distant bells, voices kept low out of habit more than respect. I moved through it all with the sa
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    "You know what today is," Amanda said, no hello, the moment I picked up, and I felt my stomach drop the particular way it did every year on this exact date, like my body kept the calendar even when I tried not to."I know," I said."You okay?""I'm fine," I said, and even I could hear how unconvincing it sounded."You're doing the flat voice," Amanda said. "The one you do every June sixteenth like clockwork. I've heard it enough years running to recognise it now."I sat down slowly at the kitchen island, the apartment quiet around me, Liam already gone for an early meeting downtown, the driver picking him up before I'd even finished my coffee."I still can't believe you remember the exact date," I said with a sigh accompanying it."I remember it because I was there," Amanda said, quieter now. "I covered for you, Nina. More than once, that first month. Told Daniel you were at my place when you weren't. Told myself I was helping my best friend and not actually thinking too hard about wh

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