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Desperation.

last update publish date: 2026-06-18 22:56:43

GERALD'S POV.

It took everything not to fidget under her intense stare. This woman was not the same person I had allowed to walk out of my life.

Her glare burned into my skin with hatred so deep it could almost be felt.

She had died. For months, I had mourned her and here she was before me, as large as life. She looked better than I remembered, more beautiful.

How had I failed to see this, so blinded by Ria that I let Lara slip through my fingers? I turned towards my secretary and signalled f
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