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CHAPTER 49

Author: ZELIA
last update publish date: 2026-05-21 05:50:37
COLD WOMEN, COLDER ROOMS

The following week Dominic's mother invites them both to lunch at her penthouse and Nora understands immediately that this is a different kind of test than the formal dinner. This is more intimate and therefore more dangerous because his mother will have more opportunity to find weaknesses and exploit them in ways that the public setting of the restaurant didn't allow.

The penthouse is exactly what Nora expected. It's beautiful and expensive and completely devoid of any
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