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Chapter 172: The Difficult Conversation

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last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-02-06 00:37:54

The living room of the penthouse was quiet, but it wasn't the warm, comfortable silence that had settled into their lives over the past few weeks. It was a thick, expectant silence, heavy with the weight of the conversation they had to have.

Aurora sat on the white sofa, her hands clasped in her lap. She was wearing her "Mom" clothes—jeans and a soft, oatmeal-colored sweater—but she felt as if she were wearing her CEO armor.

Ethan was sitting in his "Captain's Chair," the leather armchair Liam
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