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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN_ LUCIAN’S POV

Author: Claire Ree
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-04-19 22:51:33

By the time Theo was brought in, the house had already settled into a kind of silence that wasn’t natural.

I didn’t sit behind the desk this time. Instead, I stood beside it, my hands resting lightly against the polished surface, my attention fixed on the door as it opened.

Theo stepped in looking disheveled, almost like he hadn’t slept.

Good.

He paused just inside the room, uncertain, like he didn’t know how far he was allowed to come.

“Sir,” he said, his tone, polite, and careful. T
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Alokta Ghosh
Interesting, please punish Eva severely.Let Lucian lament
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