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Chapter 148: Bachelorette Night 2

Penulis: Lois
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-08 03:19:06

Bella POV

The evening was loud and warm and genuinely fun. My staff, freed from the architecture of a normal working relationship for one evening, turned out to have opinions and stories and a collective energy I hadn't fully seen before, and I sat in the middle of it and felt the warmth of having built something that people actually wanted to be part of.

Someone pressed a drink into my hand at some point. I held it, let the conversation move around me, and when no one was looking I set it down
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