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The Hidden Folder

Auteur: Pretty Betty
last update Date de publication: 2026-05-24 06:26:35

Chapter 20: The Hidden Folder

The penthouse was quiet.

Too quiet.

Damien had been locked in his home office for hours, handling the fallout from the gala scandal and Marcus Hale’s latest moves. I should have been resting. I should have been curled up in his bed, waiting for him like the good girl he loved me to be.

Instead, I was standing outside his study door with my heart in my throat.

*You shouldn’t do this,* a voice whispered in my head.
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