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Chapter 106: Victoria's Return

作者: Lois
last update 公開日: 2026-03-13 00:06:01

Victoria pov

The apartment in Geneva had been lovely while it lasted.

I'd chosen it for the views and the distance — all that clean Swiss air between me and the wreckage I'd left behind — and for weeks I'd woken up in twelve-hundred-thread-count sheets and told myself this was fine. Better, even. A strategic retreat. Every good player knew when to leave the board and regroup.

But then I saw the photo. Someone had caught them outside a bookstore on Linley Street — Caleb in a dark jacket, no tie
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