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Chapter 19: The Don’s fold

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~ Avelyn ~

The moment the maids scattered, I darted after the nearest one, desperate like a woman in search of her child.

“Wait—please,” I called, clutching at her sleeve. “How do I make his bed? What am I supposed to do?”

Her eyes dropped, polite but firm. “That isn’t our jurisdiction.” She slipped away like smoke between my fingers.

I tried another, and another. The same answer. Polite, dismissive and gone in the blink of an eye. My pulse banged in my ears. The seconds were already ticking
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