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CHAPTER 360: ADOPTION FINALIZATION

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last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-02 00:56:43

The courtroom didn't smell like fear this time. It smelled of floor wax and optimism.

Liam Cross sat at the plaintiff’s table, but he wasn't a plaintiff. He was a petitioner. Beside him sat Aurora, wearing a soft cream dress that caught the morning light filtering through the high windows.

On his lap sat River.

River was three and a half years old. He was wearing a miniature navy blazer, a white shirt, and a bow tie that Ethan had tied for him (crookedly, but with love). He was holding his lamb
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