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Chapter 119 - Rebuild In His Image

Autor: Dchenemi
last update Data de publicação: 2026-03-27 20:10:21

ELLIE

The private jet smelled like leather and expensive cologne, the kind that probably cost more than my entire wardrobe back in New York. My father sat across from me, sipping scotch from a crystal glass, looking at me with those sharp blue eyes that I'd inherited from him and my mother, not that I'd ever wanted anything from them.

Being connected to them alone felt like a stain, a rather sad twist of fate that left me feeling like I was a mistake even before I was born.

My mother had gotten
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