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Author: Johnel
last update publish date: 2026-02-12 04:10:38

Chapter 16

~ Niklaus ~

I watched Taraji's face carefully, trying to understand what was happening.

This didn't make sense. None of it made sense.

First of all, I wasn't pursuing her because of her family's textile business. The thought was almost laughable. Yes, the Gilberts had money and connections—old money, the kind that came with historic estates and a certain social cachet that newer fortunes couldn't buy. But if I'd wanted a strategic business marriage, if that had been my primary conc
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