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Chapter 30

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The lounge buzzed with the usual afternoon noise, yet Lorenzo's silence sat heavily at the table.

Marcos had been talking for ten minutes straight about a deal, someone's divorce, the usual kind of drama that filled their afternoons, but Lorenzo's attention had drifted long ago. Ethan noticed. He let Marcos finish his latest point, waited for him to reach for his drink, and then spoke.

"You look like somebody just handed you a problem you thought was buried."

Lorenzo looked at him. "Valent
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