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Chapter 64: She Found Me

Author: celestialhope
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-12-10 19:10:52

“You really chose the smallest office you could find,” Ashley said, her voice calm but tight.

Duke froze mid-motion, one hand still on a stack of invoices. He did not turn around immediately.

“You shouldn’t have come.”He said it quietly, like a truth he had practiced saying to himself.

Ashley let out a short laugh that carried no humor. “That’s your opening line after months of disappearing?”

He finally faced her.

“You tracked me across a country.”His gaze searched her face, not angry, mor
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