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Chapter 156 Kieran's Pov

Auteur: Anora world
last update Date de publication: 2026-07-09 23:00:51

The penthouse had never felt this large. Not at all.

But it did right now.

Silence expanded differently inside expensive spaces. It carried farther. Reflected longer. Filled every polished surface until the absence of voices became another presence entirely.

I had lived here for almost twelve years. I had inherited it and lived in it.

Tonight, it felt I had borrowed it.

The lights of Manhattan stretched beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows exactly as they always had. Ferries crossed the riv
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