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Chapter 96 : A challenge

Author: Ij Gabriel
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-25 04:53:55
POV: Ethan

The elevator chimed and opened onto the grand ballroom floor, light spilling through the hallway like liquid gold. I adjusted the cuffs of my shirt, feeling the soft pull of the silk against my wrists. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I told myself I didn’t care.

But I did.

My steps faltered when I saw her. Amelia. She'd left our suite earlier that I did. I had been sleeping.

She stood under the chandelier like a dare. That dress—black, sleek, cutting low down her back and hugging every curve like it had been stitched with sin in mind. Her hair was swept up, messy in that way she knew made men stare.

And she was laughing, very loudly and, breathy, leaning just a little too close to Marco, of all people.

I stopped walking.

There was a bitter twist in my stomach, something sour I couldn’t name. She hadn’t even looked in my direction yet, and still, I felt her everywhere. Like a static current under my skin.

"You let her do that to you now?" Sienna slid beside me, voice all su
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