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CHAPTER 9

Author: Mhiekyezha
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-13 22:07:49

Selene was ready for the press conference Duke had arranged. She stood before the mirror in her suite at Sandoval Resort, dressed in an elegant silk jumpsuit that accentuated her curves in all the right places. Her hair was done in soft waves, her makeup polished, her heels pristine. And yet, for the first time in years, she didn’t feel beautiful. She felt… insecure.

Her eyes searched her own reflection, trying to find the composed woman the world admired. But all she saw was someone who had been rattled by a man she never truly got over.

The knock at the door startled her.

Soft. Intentional.

Her heartbeat quickened.

She opened it—and there he was.

Duke.

Dressed in a tailored dark gray suit that hugged his broad shoulders and tapered perfectly to his lean frame, he looked like he had stepped out of a Vogue editorial. The cold fire in his eyes, however, reminded her he was still furious, just as he had been this morning.

"Don't give me that look, Selene," he said, voice low and tightly
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