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Chapter 86

Author: Michy Gaza
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-07 00:39:06

The penthouse door opened with a hush of automation, lights spilling across polished marble floors.

The boy’s wide eyes darted everywhere, the chandelier glittering like a thousand tiny suns, the endless walls of glass revealing the skyline below, the gleaming staircase winding upward.

He hesitated at the threshold, as if afraid his shoes would dirty the floor. Diana smirked, nudging him forward with the tip of her hand.

“Don’t stand there like a stray,” she said lightly, though her tone carried weight. “This is your home now.”

He shuffled in, clutching the straps of his small backpack, the last remnant of his old life.

She led him upstairs, heels clicking, stopping before a room prepared in pristine shades of navy and silver.

The bed was already dressed in silk sheets, toys arranged neatly on the shelves, clothes folded in the drawers. A perfect boy’s room, staged, not lived in.

His mouth parted. “This is… mine?”

“For now,” Diana corrected, her eyes narrowing. “But soon you’ll have m
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