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Chapter 45

Author: Zesty Zing
The light on Frank's earpiece flickered again, signaling that someone was feeding him instructions.

"Fine. I'm not picky." He propped his leg back onto the chair. "As long as it's someone from the Chamberlains, anyone can crawl through. Do that, and I'll let him go. You may be short on male heirs, but you've got plenty of women."

As he spoke, his gaze lingered on Bella. The filthy grin on his face drew the same crude laughter from the men around him.

A man crawling through someone's legs was
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