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Chapter 130: Unlikely Alliance

Penulis: Lois
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-27 01:59:09

Bella POV

Diana arrived at the penthouse at nine in the morning with a laptop bag, a second phone, and the particular expression of someone who has decided to do a thing they find personally distasteful but strategically necessary.

I let her in because Caleb asked me to. I stood in the kitchen doorway with my coffee and watched her set up at the dining table and reminded myself that her file on Caleb's phone had been thorough, accurate, and had given us three names we wouldn't have had otherwis
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