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Chapter 252. Freedom

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last update Last Updated: 2025-09-07 18:35:24

Her smile faltered, and she kept staring at him, unblinking, as he pulled another tie from the closet and began wrapping it around his neck, carefully forming a perfect knot. She bit her lip, uncertain what she had done to upset him. He had seemed fine until this morning.

He moved his head from side to side, searching for his wallet, while her hand—already holding it, intending to give it to him—raised instinctively.

“What do you want?” he said sharply.

She lowered her gaze, and just as her hand began to drop the wallet onto a closet shelf for him to pick up, Cristiano took it from her.

“I don’t like anyone handling my things. Just don’t bother, doll,” he murmured, his voice softening now—tender, almost concerned. At once, she lifted her head, her smile returning.

She watched as he applied gel and combed his hair back, then applied cologne, his expression still cold and indifferent. Then he moved to the small bench in the closet and sat down, rolling up the cuffs of his trousers. Me
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