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Chapter 15: It's just dinner

Author: Sweeches
last update Last Updated: 2024-09-16 23:58:29

The day unfolded pretty smoothly for Rose, until Mirable brought the drafted contract for the surrogacy, this time with new terms!

From the information she gathered Donn had left Castilo Manor.

It was noon by the time she got her hands on the contract so she got busy reading through it.

Of course she had no plans to actually see this through. The only thought in her head was how to escape this place in one piece!

Right now, she sat in the balcony, glancing down at the vast landscape.

She watched the gardeners spray some liquid and trim the bushes. From above they drew a pattern that looked like a flower.

A rose flower, although the bushes were green, anyone could still picture out the rose hidden in the garden.

Rose didn’t find it strange, she didn’t even give it a second thought before retracting her gaze back to the white document in her hands.

Her eyes were fixed on it but she wasn’t reading a thing.

All she could think of was the incidence with Jake and how to leave this
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