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Wished She Could See Him

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last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-05-08 12:57:43

Nathan’s POV

"King, get in here," I called out.

A few seconds later, the door opened, and Adrian King strolled in with a laptop tucked under his arm and a lazy grin plastered on his face. He dropped into the seat across from me and sighed heavily.

"Morning, sunshine," he said. "I thought you said you didn't want to see me. You look like you haven't slept."

"I actually haven't," I muttered, rubbing a hand down my face. "Let's get to it."

King set the laptop down, pulled up the file he’d compiled and spun the device around so I could see.

"Here’s the full list of addresses tied to the burner purchases," he said. "Took some digging, but we got everything that’s even remotely trackable."

I scanned through the document quickly and my mood dropped.

Out of maybe thirty names, over half weren’t even in the country. Business trips, vacations, study abroad. One clown was on a boat somewhere off the coast of Italy.

The rest looked like fake addresses. Burned-out buildings, abandoned houses and e
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