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CHAPTER 43
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2026-04-22 13:28:30Emma's POV
The reception is dinner at a long table in the room next door. Thirty people. Good wine. Mrs. Kowalski seated herself next to Grace, which nobody planned and everyone notices, and the two of them have been in what appears to be an intense and mutually satisfying conversation since the first course. Dominic's hand is on my knee under the table. Not possessive. Just there. Like he needs the contact point
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