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Chapter 102: Accusation

Author: Evve
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-01-15 19:29:39

The truce in the hospital room had been fragile, a piece of spun sugar in a thunderstorm.

Now, three days later, it was dissolving.

Liam Cross stood in the foyer of the AVA penthouse. He had been discharged that morning, his shoulder still heavily bandaged, his arm in a sling. He had come straight here.

He wasn't here for a "family meeting." He was here because the world outside was burning.

The "Secret Heir" scandal had mutated. Vanessa Leigh, from her cell, had managed one final, desperate st
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