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Chapter 102

Author: Juliet writes
last update publish date: 2026-04-06 19:10:37

Adrian’s POV

I woke in the Seattle hotel room with the kind of nervous energy that does not leave your body just because the sun has come up.

The room was quiet, ugly, and too small to feel like anything important. Cheap curtains, a weak light and a bed that felt like it had been purchased out of spite. But I had slept here on purpose. I had wanted something ordinary, something that did not feel like power or a boardroom or the Blackwood name looming over every surface.

For a few seconds, lying
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