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CHAPTER 24: HE'S COLD AGAIN

Author: zeeintheworld
last update publish date: 2026-02-15 23:44:25

Rivera arrived earlier than everyone else. The office looked different when it was empty. The lights were softer and the air cooler. She liked it this way.

When no one was watching, she could pretend she was just another girl with a normal job and not the secret wife of the man who owned the building.

She placed her bag carefully under her desk and smoothed her skirt before sitting down. Her desk was still new. On it sat a computer, a phone, a notepad, and a company mug she hadn’t used yet. The
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