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~SEVEN: Rules

Penulis: Kim Alphy
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-01 23:34:05

Lucien.

I stuck to two rules for years.

Rule one: avoid Arya Manchester at all cost.

Rule two: never break rule one.

I did a good job of keeping those rules for three years, yet it took one frantic phone call from her to break them. Against better judgement, I tore through the streets in the dead of the night to find her, and fortunately, I made it there just in time.

It had been a long night, one that had to do with rescuing my ex from a river and having to wait for hours while she lay in the operation room. The sound of the monitors beeped steadily, the only indication that the surgery was still going on and she hadn’t lost her life. Yet.

“Lucien.”

I turned. Matilda and George Manchester rushed into the hallway. Her parents. Like me, they had stayed away from her for years. Even though they watched her from a distance and secetly bought shares from her new company just to be a part of thier daughter’s life, they were adamant about never showing support for her marriage, and now, th
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