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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE_ EVA’S POV

Penulis: Claire Ree
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-29 21:33:54
The door closed behind Lucian with a soft click.

For a moment, I didn’t move.

The silence that followed wasn’t unfamiliar. This stupid mansion was built on silence—polished, deliberate and watchful. But this felt… different.

It felt tighter.

I exhaled slowly, although my gaze remained fixed on the door long after he was gone.

I was almost certain it was that dull old housekeeper that had called him.

The conversation between Lucian and I didn’t go the way it was supposed to.

I repl
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Can you guess who Eva called? Comment your thoughts💬

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Audrey Fidalgo
PR and press!her PR team. She is gonna cause drama…she is an actress after all!
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Beth Shuffield
Surely it was the press, she’s going to make it look like he abused her and caused a miscarriage…. She is truly evil ...
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Yoly Amorillo Leobrera
just guessing. could it be nathaniel???
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