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CHAPTER 19: Protective Mother
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2026-07-13 13:24:47
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"You look like you're about to murder someone, Damien. Or jump out of that window. Quite frankly, with the way you're pacing, I can't tell which one it'll be."Dr. Julian Vance didn't look up from the sterile silver counter of his private laboratory in the 5th arrondissement. He was meticulously adjusting the settings on a high end thermal cycler, his laboratory coat pristine, his movements measured with the ease of an old Ivy League classmate who knew exactly how much weight the Monteverde name carried and exactly how little it impressed him."Just run the sequence, Julian," Damien commanded, his voice a low, gravelly rasp that hadn't found its proper register in days.Damien stopped his relentless pacing right in front of the floor to ceiling glass panel overlooking the foggy Parisian streets. He hadn't slept. The Tagalog words Ariana had thrown at his face in the pouring rain at the grocery store were still echoing in his skull, deafening and brutal.'At sinabi din niyang ayaw
The Billionaire's Forgotten Bride CHAPTER 19: Protective Mother
The neon lights of La Grande Épicerie de Paris flickered through the heavy sheet of rain outside, casting long, fractured shadows across the covered entrance of the gourmet establishment. The air smelled of wet asphalt, damp wool, and the bitter, sharp ozone of a full-blown European thunderstorm. Damien Alaric Monteverde didn't move. He stood completely rigid under the concrete overhang, his hands buried deep inside the pockets of his tailored black coat, his eyes locked onto the glass sliding doors of the exit. The rain beat a frantic, chaotic rhythm against the pavement just inches from his leather boots, but his mind was dead silent. He was still breathing the same air the boy had just exhaled. His boy. His blood. "Sir," Mark spoke nervously from behind him, holding a large black umbrella that shook slightly against the wind. "We should return to the vehicle. The paparazzi—some of the local stringers who monitor the high-end districts—they might spot you standing out here li
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