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Chapter 11 : The Scandal

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Morning arrived, but the silence inside the Sterling mansion felt heavier than the night before.

Emma woke slowly, the events of yesterday rushing back into her mind before she even opened her eyes.

The scandal.

The news reports.

The photographs.

Dominic’s face when she slapped him.

Her chest tightened.

For a moment she wished she had imagined everything.

But the faint buzzing of her phone on the bedside table told her otherwise.

The world was still talking.

Emma sat up sl
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Jhoyen Domingo
............ GRRRRR GAGO BA YANG LALAKI NA YAN PINAPAPUNTA PA SA BAHAY NILA UNG DEVIL WOMAN NYA????
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Lana Hassan
I would love any indication to why he was cheating .. and it would hurt Emma so much to know that he started when he married her
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mildred lorena
And he doesn't say anything about it, he even tells Ema how Laura came visiting. wtf
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