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Chapter 9

Author: Gold
last update publish date: 2026-05-28 14:00:00

Kayla’s POV

The drive back to my mansion that night was quiet, but my mind wasn’t. The city lights blurred outside the window, reflecting off the glass like fading stars. 

No matter how much I tried to focus on anything else, one name kept replaying in my head.

Adrian Ward.

I wasn’t thinking about him, not in the way people would assume. I was just… wondering. Wondering how he ended up in the interior design sector. 

The la

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