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Chapter 23: The manipulative Christian

Author: Dammy Dimples
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Christian and Clarisse stepped out of the car after the Chauffeur parked the car.

" Is this..where I'll be living now?", Clarisse asked in her mind as she stood before the magnificent building, " I guess we'll be living together with his family", she said in her mind referring to Christian's parents and siblings.

The building is so huge, it wasn't just a penthouse, but also a mansion. She walked into the house carefully, afraid that she'd stain the wall, even the wall screamed wealth making her feel inferior.

The luxury cars, beautiful garden, and the heavenly and suffocating environment were nothing compared to what was instead and she ended up gasping before she could restrain herself.

' how can someone have a whole paradise in his home?', she said in her mind and her eyes wandered around, ' these people are no doubt powerful and wealthy, if a family can have all these inside a living room, there's no doubt that they're very wealthy, billionaires if not trillionaires', she nodded a
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