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Chapter 14
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2026-05-30 12:16:51
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Declan's POV---Declan locked the door himself.Not because he needed privacy from his own staff. Because this particular conference room was the only space in Shaw Tower with no active surveillance. He had built it that way intentionally, years ago, for conversations that could not be documented. He had used it twice. Both times to end something.He turned from the door.Sloane stood at the far end of the table. She had not sat down. She had not touched the water he placed near her when she walked in. She was watching him the way she watched everything, quietly, from a position that gave her the most information and cost her the least exposure."Sit down," he said."I am fine standing."He pulled out the chair across from his own and left it there. Then he sat, opened the file Preston had compiled, and began from the beginning."The Boston wire transfer. Walk me through it.""I already explained the Boston transfer.""Explain it again."She exhaled once. Then she did. The same accou
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