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Chapter Twenty-Six

Author: Whitney Drake
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-06-10 05:00:20
I spent entirely too much time getting ready.

Not because I didn't know what to wear.

Because I cared.

That realization annoyed me more than it should have.

I stood in front of the mirror inside my villa for what felt like the hundredth time, smoothing imaginary wrinkles from a dress that didn't have any. The black fabric hugged my figure without being overly revealing, elegant enough for whatever impossible place Luca had planned.

The flowers still sat on the counter nearby.

Their scent filled
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