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Chapter 48: The Woman at the Funeral Door
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2026-06-20 08:36:18
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(Keyla POV) Eleanor had planned this before I arrived. Tea had already been arranged. Not casually — Everything had been placed with intention. Quiet enough that every word would stay between us, the small sitting room on the first floor, curtains half-drawn against the grey afternoon, a porcelain service on the low table with two cups already poured, steam still curled from the cups, and a silver spoon laid beside each. She'd already decided how this conversation was supposed to happen that Keyla would sit across from her and they would have the conversation Eleanor had been working toward since yesterday. I didn't even reach for the chair. I took one look at the room. Then I moved to the window instead. Nothing flickered across her face. She carried on anyway and picked up her own cup, crossed her legs, and settled into the chair with the ease of someone for whom the chair had always belonged to her. She waited until I stopped moving. "I thought we might speak privately," she
One Night with My Ex-Fiancé’s Ruthless Brother Chapter 59: The First Article
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