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Chapter 46: Protection

Auteur: Richard Frank
last update Date de publication: 2026-09-16 17:29:44

POV: Elena

Elena had barely slept.

The photograph of Adrian remained open on her phone, frozen beneath the harsh glow of the kitchen lights.

Someone had been following him.

Someone had been following her.

And now the blackmailer had given her forty-eight hours to surrender Laurent Holdings.

She should have been terrified.

Instead, she was furious.

“You're not going anywhere alone.”

Elena looked up.

Adrian stood in the doorway.

For one stunned second, she simply stared at him.

“You're alive.”

He
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