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Chapter 220

Author: Michy Gaza
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Detective Ana Weller didn’t plug in the drive immediately. Years in law enforcement had trained her never to take anything at face value, especially when it came to the Virellis.

She studied Luca across the table first, trying to detect the game. His expression was unreadable now, shuttered again. If this was some twisted power play, give her evidence, then yank it back at the last second, it would fit perfectly with the reputation of the empire he ran.

But something in his eyes, something raw and restless, told her this was different.

She slid the drive into her laptop. The files opened quickly: audio recordings, timestamps neatly labeled. She selected the most recent one and hit play.

A crackle of static filled the small room before a voice emerged.

Reid’s voice.

Ana stiffened as she recognized it, her pen frozen above her notepad.

“...you don’t get it, Julian. He’ll always choose Luca, even after everything. That’s why I had to do it. I had to make him see Asher as a monster.”

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