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Chapter 5

Author: Redleaves
The public apology was set up at a high-end private club.

I walked through a long gallery of modern art. At the end of it was a heated indoor pool.

Vivian was on a lounge chair in a red bikini, draped like a cat.

She saw me. Smile lifted. Eyes full of contempt.

"You came."

She got up and walked over, slow, looking me up and down.

"You did all this for this lifestyle? That's why you couldn't let go of Angelo?"

I lifted my brow and stared back.

She smiled. "Whatever. I'm letting him have you. But
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