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CHAPTER 37: THE BOUNDARY LINE

Author: IceWitch
last update publish date: 2026-08-18 00:27:02

The word her hung in the vaulted air of the foyer, heavy with weaponized disdain.

Vivian didn't just say it; she threw it like a challenge. Her sharp blue eyes flicked down the curve of my body…taking in the rich plum wool tailored over the plush flare of my hips, the generous swell of my bust, and the unyielding strength of my posture, before returning to Ryker with a trembling, practiced fragility. She was offering him a contrast: her delicate, broken porcelain against my unapologetic, comman
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