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CHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN : Oliver And Fiona

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KATE’S POV

I was already moving toward the door.

Leon caught my arm. Not stopping me, just slowing me down enough to think.

“Bryan’s following him,” he said.

“I know.”

“We have people at the estate.”

“I know that too.” I looked at him. “But Fiona is there alone and Oliver has been building toward something for weeks and whatever he thinks he’s going to get from her tonight, she’s not prepared for it. She’s never been prepared for Oliver when he’s like this.”

Leon held my gaze for a second.

Then
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