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CHAPTER 59

Author: Olamilekan Adesola
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-07-06 17:29:01

SMITH'S POV

I had been watching Rose's building on and off for nearly a week, ever since our conversation left me certain she was hiding something larger than her usual games with Jonathan Clarkson. I told myself the surveillance was simple caution, a man protecting his own interests in a situation that had grown increasingly murky since she refused to confirm whether the child she carried was actually mine.

Most nights had passed without anything worth noting, the ordinary comings and goings o
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