Lucian stopped in front of an old warehouse, one Amara remembered seeing in the news once — tied to one of his companies, or maybe one of his enemies.He stepped out, his phone pressed to his ear. The look on his face was something she’d never seen before — cold, ruthless, commanding.A man stripped of warmth.Amara ducked behind a concrete wall, her breath shallow.Then she heard it.A man’s voice, distant but sharp:“It’s done. The body’s gone. But you’ll have to deal with the mess, Hale.”Her stomach dropped.Lucian didn’t answer. He only adjusted his cufflinks — the same ones she’d seen stained that day — and said quietly,“Make sure it never surfaces again.”The other man nodded, disappearing into the dark.Lucian turned slightly, and for a terrifying second, Amara thought he’d seen her. His gaze lingered on the shadows, his jaw tightening, before he finally got back into the car.She sank against the wall, her whole body trembling.The man she loved — the man she thought s
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