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Chapter 63 — BREATH OF FRESH AIR

作者: Karine writes
last update 公開日: 2026-06-03 04:30:16
LYDIA'S POV

I had not moved from my chair in two hours.

My laptop was open. The cursor was blinking on a document I had not touched. The Hartwell file was on the left side of my desk, exactly where Maya had put it that morning, and I had not opened it. The coffee she brought at nine was cold on the right side. I had my head leaned back and my eyes on the ceiling, doing nothing.

Just sitting, breathing, and being a woman in a quiet office with no fear for the first time since this whole drama sta
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