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Chapter 14

Author: Besty
last update publish date: 2026-09-10 01:04:06

Morning light filtered soft and pale through the curtains of the sitting room where Liana found Oliver already waiting, two cups of coffee sitting untouched on the table between them, a folder resting beside his hand. She hesitated in the doorway a moment before crossing to sit across from him, the weight of the coming evening already pressing down on her chest.

"I keep thinking about it," she admitted, wrapping her hands around the coffee cup more for something to hold than any real desire to
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