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SOME QUESTIONS STAY UNANSWERED

作者: Tammy Lora
last update 公開日: 2026-06-18 22:39:36

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Nadia's POV

For a second after hearing his voice, I forgot what I was holding. Then reality returned all at once — the photograph, the folder, the fact that I was standing in what he had just called private archives.

I slid the photograph back into the folder and pushed it toward the shelf. "I'm sorry." My voice came out faster than I intended. "I wasn't trying to go through your things."

Kane didn't answer immediately. He stepped closer and stopped beside the shelf — not close enough to mak
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