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JUST AFTER HIS MONEY

작가: Ifeoma Abah
last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-04-28 22:55:47

CHAPTER 9: JUST AFTER HIS MONEY

KIMBERLY:

I was just beginning to drift off when I heard the knock.

It was soft at first. I rolled over, hoping whoever it was would just go away. But it came again and again.

Groaning, I threw off the covers and padded across the room, rubbing my eyes. When I opened the door, I saw Janet, a maid standing there.

"Miss Kim," Janet whispered, wringing her hands nervously. "Sorry to disturb you. Mr. Kelvin wants to see you downstairs."

I blinked. "Kelvin? Now?"

She nodded apologetically. "He said it’s important."

I suppressed a sigh. I had grown up visiting the Carters often enough to know everyone here.

Kelvin was my father in-law.

I didn’t want to displease him. "Alright. I’ll come."

Janet gave a small bow and hurried off.

I closed the door, grabbed Damien's robe, and slipped it over my camisole and shorts. My feet felt like lead as I followed the soft lights down the grand staircase, the house eerily quiet except for the ticking of the grandfather clo
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