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Silent Recordings

Author: Sheedah writes
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-12 14:12:43
I woke up the next morning feeling like my body weighed a thousand pounds. My eyes were swollen from all the crying the night before. The moment I sat up in bed, the memory hit me again like a heavy wave. David standing tall by the window. His voice soft and full of love as he spoke to another woman. Laughing about me. Calling me pathetic. Planning to destroy me. I pressed my hands to my face and took several deep breaths, trying to steady myself.

I could not keep crying like this. I could not s
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    He arrived at the gates of Sterling Estate in a black sedan with diplomatic plates and no advance warning. Harold called me from the security booth, his voice tight with the controlled alarm he only displayed when something was genuinely wrong."There is a man at the gate, Miss Sterling. He says his name is Dominic Reyes. He insists on speaking with you immediately. He says it concerns Kate."I was in the library with Marcus, reviewing Julian's latest legal filings. The name hit me like a slap. Dominic Reyes. The man Alexander had mentioned at the dinner. The man who had been searching for his daughter for years. The man David had cuckolded and lied to, claiming paternity of a child that was never his."Let him in," I said. "But I want security in the room. Marcus, you stay with me."Dominic Reyes walked into the library like he owned it. He was tall, broad-shouldered, with dark hair graying at the t

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  • Craving Their Touch    The Confrontation

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