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Sacrifice

Author: Pretty Betty
last update publish date: 2026-06-25 06:15:05

Chapter 54: Sacrifices

The medical suite felt smaller the longer I sat there, Lucian’s phone burning a hole in my memory. I had placed it back exactly where I found it, but the words from those documents kept replaying in my head like a nightmare on loop. He was willing to dismantle half his empire. To expose himself to federal scrutiny. All without a single word to me—his wife, his partner, the mother of his children.

I paced the room quietly while he slept, my bare feet si
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