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Chapter 40: Secrets at the Hotel

Author: Pure Moon
last update publish date: 2026-08-17 18:43:39

The heavy oak doors of the Vance estate closed with a dull, echoing thud, sealing off the sprawling foyer from the biting chill of the Manhattan evening.

Gabriel Sinclair had not been invited into the private family quarters. Marcus had ensured that much. With a single, brutal wave of his hand, he had relegated the disgraced patriarch to the perimeter gates, refusing to let a desperate, bankrupt man track the mud of his failures across the polished marble floors of the Vance home.

Yet, Gabriel
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