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Chapter 36: Shattered Illusions.

作者: Astra Maye
last update 最終更新日: 2025-10-18 17:57:11

Her next words sliced through his protest.

“Well, I hope work wasn’t too draining. And I hope she didn’t get her makeup all over your shirt while you hugged her outside that hospital ward.”

Xavier’s entire body went rigid. His breath caught, his mind stuttering to a halt. Aurora’s eyes glinted with something raw and dangerous as the silence stretched between them, suffocating and heavy.

For a split second after Aurora’s words, Xavier’s face remained blank, as if his mind refused to register what she had said. Then, slowly, his features hardened.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said carefully, his tone even but a little too measured, a little too rehearsed.

Aurora’s lips curved into a bitter smile. She reached for the nightstand, picked up her phone, and in one smooth motion unlocked it. Her fingers tapped deliberately against the screen before she turned it toward him.

The glow of the screen illuminated his face. The picture filled the space between them…him with his arm
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  • Reborn Of The CEO’s Cold-Hearted Wife   Chapter 149: An Unexpected Interruption.

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