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Chapter 27: The Setup

Author: Achille
last update publish date: 2026-07-10 19:24:56

Naomi arrived at the restaurant a short while later and scanned for the room number Mr. Lawson had sent.

She didn't notice the two sets of eyes that had locked onto her the second she walked in.

"Isn't that Ms. Hart?" Miles said, eyebrows lifting.

Sebastian's expression stayed neutral watching her disappear into the room next to theirs, though something complicated flickered behind his eyes.

A coincidence? Again?

He seemed to be running into this woman constantly these days.

"Feel like we keep
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