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YOU'RE SOUNDING LIKE JASON

Penulis: She's Royalty
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-03 22:56:58

Chapter 27

Skylar's POV

"Hello, Mr. Ivan."

"Hello, Skylar. Drop the formalities . Just call me Ivan. How have you been?"

"I'm good, thank you. And you must be doing perfectly well too. Right, Mr…oh, pardon me. Ivan."

He chuckled. That rich, full laugh I recognised from the reception. "You know how life is for a businessman. Busy. But I'm well. Did you see the post?"

"Oh, that." I settled back against the headboard and switched to the voice I used for conversations I wasn't particularly interest
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