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A Web Of Lies

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Harley’s frustration simmered beneath her polished exterior as she stared at the messages on her phone, each one an update on Alaric’s condition. Senior Royale’s words echoed in her mind, forbidding her from visiting the villa. “The Chinese doctor does not need family interference with his treatment.”

Harley could hardly contain her bitterness. Every day she was kept at arm’s length, watching from the shadows as Elona, the very woman she had once orchestrated to be cast aside, now stood at the center of Alaric’s recovery.

But Harley was not a woman to accept defeat easily. The situation was getting out of hand, and her jealousy grew like a poison, infecting her every thought. Elona had the audacity to call herself Alaric’s savior, and the triplets, those children who were so unmistakably his, only made matters worse. They were his legacy, his flesh and blood. Harley couldn’t bear the thought of them growing up with the man who was meant to be hers.

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