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Chapter 23 : Moving In

Auteur: ESTHORIA
last update Date de publication: 2026-07-13 23:43:05

A gasp escaped Victoria.

Fiancé? Ryder Lake had been engaged before?

As if bearing her thoughts, Ryder explained. “Our engagement was years ago, before I’d come to the limelight. And it was very brief.”

Dread filled her stomach instantly. Her fast mind was already adding up everything, and drawing a conclusion. With wide eyes, and her voice barely above a whisper she asked.

“Is she dead?”

Did he kill her? She wondered, instantly on guard.

Wasn’t that why she was being warned away from h
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