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Chapter 188

Autor: Rejoice Ezeh
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-05-19 20:58:42

Aiden told her at dinner on a Thursday.

She knew something had happened because of the expression he was wearing when she came to the table — not the expression of something that had gone well in the way that professional things went well, not the quiet satisfaction of a brief filed or an argument settled. Something with more surprise in it. The particular expression he wore when the world had produced something he had not anticipated and was still in the process of deciding what it meant.

She
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