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one hour

Author: Favour
last update publish date: 2026-03-10 02:35:07

Chapter 11: One Hour

Catherine's sitting room smelled like expensive perfume and cold calculation.

She sat with the tablet in her lap. Gala footage. Rose in the wine dress descending that staircase. Catherine had watched it four times already and each time the number rearranged itself behind her eyes.

Five hundred million in trust alone.

Scrubbing their floors.

Veriana was on the couch. Desmond by the window wearing that smirk like a second skin. Keal stood near the door with his hands in his p
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