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Chapter 164 - Lies of the Loyal

作者: Kristy Pearson
last update 公開日: 2026-02-21 12:23:23

(Apollo & Adelaide)

The silence stretched. Not awkward, but weighted. Like the pause before a storm chooses whether to break or pass.

Her brows drew together, not in disbelief, but in something closer to concern.

“Apollo,” she said softly. “That isn’t funny.”

“I am not laughing.”

She swallowed. Her gaze dropped, just briefly, to the spot where his hand rested on her thigh, fingers curved possessively but not tightly. Then back to his face.

“You don’t mean that,” she said, quieter now.
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