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Chapter 64

Author: Miss Zuhro
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-26 21:08:00

Ashes Over the Sunset Strip

"You might as well die here. If you can escape this place, then I shall praise you as a great man."

"What are you doing? Are you going to burn me alive?"

At that moment, Ricard ordered his subordinates to pour fuel around the area. Julian was still tied to the chair; then, the man left Jennifer’s former lover. He lit a lighter and threw it there.

"No! Help... don’t kill me!" Julian screamed.

The night passed just like that. The following morning, the news broke just as dawn was breaking over Santa Monica. The television screen in the minimalist luxury living room of Ricard's Bel Air mansion displayed a live feed from a news helicopter. Yellow police tape was stretched across the front of a ruined old villa in a remote area of the Malibu Hills. The reporter mentioned in a dramatic tone that an old warehouse behind the property had been razed by fire, and a charred body had been discovered.

"The LAPD states that the victim is strongly suspected to be a man wh
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