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Chapter 164 - How Are You Here?

Author: Joanna Jade
last update publish date: 2026-03-22 00:01:26

Salima sat at the head of the table, hands clasped tight.

“How long until the lawyer gets here?” she asked for the sixth time in the past fifteen minutes.

Victor glanced at his phone.

“He said he’s on his way,” he replied calmly. “Traffic.”

Salima exhaled slowly but didn’t relax.

Across from her, Alec leaned back in his chair, staring down at the table.

After some minutes, the front door opened somewhere down the hall.

Footsteps approached quickly and a moment later the lawyer stepped into the
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