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PRICE OF PROTECTION

作者: D.N odunukwe
last update publish date: 2025-03-17 05:25:30
Lily sat in the dimly lit room, her fingers curled t ightly around the edge of the armchair. The tension in her chest had not eased since Liam left hours ago, his words still echoing in her mind.

"You can't run from this, Lily. You're already in too deep."

In too deep.

She exhaled sharply, tilting her head back against the chair. The weight of the past few weeks had settled over her like a suffocating blanket.

From the moment she had stepped into Liam Montgomery’s world, her life had spi
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