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CHAPTER TWELVE

Auteur: Whisker Whispers
last update Date de publication: 2026-01-09 00:35:55

LAURA

I blinked slowly as I took in the view through the floor-to-ceiling window of the living room.

It was early in the morning, the sun was just beginning to stretch across the sky, pale gold bleeding into blues. I wrapped my robe tighter around me and held onto the coffee I had made for myself.

This was the life, wasn’t it?

The views were breathtaking, the furniture was expensive, there was a chef to cook you anything you wanted. What’s there not to love?

Everything apparently.

I took a sip
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