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Paying The Price

Penulis: Author Anselm
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-06-07 20:40:44

Celeste

I sat at the edge of the pool, arms wrapped around my knees, staring into the water.

Nothing had been the same since everything blew up. My father was still furious about the damage I had caused to the company... He hadn’t looked me in the eye in days. And my mother had kept trying to speak to him on my behalf. The house felt like a cage.

I let out a long sigh, pushing my fingers through my hair. If only I hadn't gotten myself involved in all this mess… none of this would have happened.

A voice suddenly interrupted my thoughts.

“Miss Celeste,” the security guard’s deep voice called from the edge of the garden. “There’s someone here to see you.”

I turned, confused. “Who?”

“She introduced herself as… Ivana Barlow.”

I blinked.

For a second, I thought I’d misheard. “Ivana?”

He nodded.

I felt my lips tighten as heat rushed to my face. Ivana Barlow. Of course. The audacity.

After everything that happened—after the trouble she’d dragged me into—she had the nerve to show up here? At m
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