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Chapter 17

last update publish date: 2026-06-09 01:18:05

The Investment Kiss

Ariana’s POV

For a moment, the entire conference room seemed to freeze with his presence there. Meanwhile, Sebastian just stood at the doorway, his eyes fixed only on me. And despite everything I had told myself over the past six years, despite all the pain and anger I carried… my body still reacted to him being close to me.

No. I scolded myself. I wasn’t going to let Sebastian Frost affect me anymore. I had come here for business and nothing else.

So instead of acknowledgin
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