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Chapter 81

Author: All_about_me
last update publish date: 2025-12-20 18:18:44

RILEY’S POV

Ethan had always known how to choose his moments.

That was the thing people never noticed about him, not the charm, not the money, not even the arrogance that came later. It was the timing.

He knew when you were tired, when you were alone, and least equipped to fight back.

So when I stepped out of the records room and nearly collided with his chest, my first thought wasn’t why is he here?

Of course he is.

“Riley.”

He said my name still belonged to him.

I stopped short, my fingers
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