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CHAPTER 36

Author: ZELIA
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-17 01:27:37
SHE FINDS THE PHOTOGRAPH

The drawer in his desk is supposed to be locked but it's not, which is probably how she ends up opening it while he's in the shower and she's looking for a pen that actually works. She finds pens. She finds papers. She finds a photograph that stops her entire world from rotating.

It's a woman. She's blonde and elegant and dressed in a wedding dress that probably costs more than most people's annual salary. She's standing next to Dominic, both of them smiling at the camer
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