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Chapter 55: Sanctuary morning

Author: LeeN
last update publish date: 2026-06-08 11:25:00
“Sir.” A pause. “There is no record. Domestic or international. The absence appears deliberate.”

He looked at the third photograph again.

At the laugh.

Then Michael’s supplementary report arrived. The Malik family. The Fayez family. Connected for thirty years through Omar Al Fayez’s world. Faiyaz Malik had grown up in the same family orbit. The arrangement between the two families had existed long before any of this. She was always going to marry Faiyaz. That was what everyone understood.
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