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Chapter Fifty Seven

last update publish date: 2026-03-08 21:36:31

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN

ADRIAN’S POV

After we wrapped up lunch, we dropped Isabella off at their apartment, and then Theo and I returned to the house. Theo took a nap immediately after we got home.

I was still thinking about what Isabella told me. For some reason, I was still having a hard time believing that it was indeed Nathaniel Hale who had helped her. Maybe she had seen wrong. It couldn’t be the same Nathaniel who rarely showed his face. I couldn’t believe he went to a bar and asked Isabella
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