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Chapter Ninety-Nine: Victor Calls Sophia

Penulis: Caroline
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-08-13 23:57:36

The late afternoon light bleeding through the high arched windows of Sophia Lang’s downtown penthouse was dull, a cold slate-gray that offered no warmth. Rain streaked down the heavy glass panes, blurring the jagged Manhattan skyline into a hazy, drowned labyrinth.

Inside, the silence was vast and heavy.

Sophia stood near the center of her private drawing room, surrounded by the remnants of a life that felt increasingly like an elaborate illusion. Her dark silk dress, subtle and sharply tailore
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