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Chapter 35- When Favor Turns into Fire
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2026-05-02 15:31:32
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One Night Stand With My Billionaire Boss Chapter 117- The Door I Finally Opened
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(Ciara’s POV)Sleep didn’t come peacefully that night.It came like surrender.Not gentle.Not calm.Just… sudden.As if my mind had been waiting for the moment my body finally gave up trying to stay awake.And when it came…I fell into a dream that did not feel like a dream at first.It felt real.Too real.I was standing somewhere I couldn’t immediately place.Not unfamiliar.But distant.Like a memory that had been softened by time but never erased.The air was quiet.Warm.Still.And then I saw her.My mother.She stood a few steps away, dressed in something simple, familiar in the way only memories can preserve people.My breath caught instantly.Because it had been so long since I saw her like this.Not in fragments.Not in fading thoughts.But fully.Clearly.Right in front of me.“Mom…” I whispered.My voice didn’t sound like my voice.It sounded younger.Weaker.Like a version of me I had outgrown but never fully lost.She smiled gently.The same smile I remembered.The same
One Night Stand With My Billionaire Boss Chapter 115- Words that came at Night
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One Night Stand With My Billionaire Boss Chapter 114- Lines That Cannot be Unspoken
(Ciara’s POV)The room had long emptied.The noise had faded.The guests had left.The lights had dimmed slightly, leaving behind only the quiet hum of a space that had witnessed too much in a single night.But I was still there.Standing.Still.Not because I wanted to be.But because my body had not yet caught up with what my mind had just absorbed.Taylor’s words.Lizzie’s silence.Williams.Lucas.Everything was overlapping in a way that made it hard to separate truth from shock.And anger… was the only thing that kept me standing.The door opened softly behind me.I didn’t turn.I already knew who it was.Lizzie.I could hear her footsteps before she spoke.Careful.Slow.Hesitant.“Ciara,” she called gently.I didn’t respond.Not immediately.Because I didn’t trust my voice yet.I could feel her stopping a few steps behind me.Waiting.Always waiting.“I know you’re angry,” she said quietly.That made me exhale sharply.Angry.That word felt too small.Too controlled.Too polite
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