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Chapter 070: Matter Dropped

Author: Bee Diaz
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Maximilian

I haven't left my office since Naomi—no, that's not her name. That's not her fucking name. I don't know why I keep calling her that in my mind when she lied about her identity. She lied about every single fucking thing and now I don't know what to do with myself.

Ada. That's her damn name. Ada.

Anyway, I haven't left my office since Ada left it. I don't have the courage or the face to make it downstairs, not when I know that everyone downstairs probably knows about this farce. Shit, this was a woman I introduced to my father. She was someone I planned on making mine.

How did things go so gloriously wrong?

Life has ups and downs, but this is a down I never thought I'd experience before. What the fuck. I loved that woman and she was just a liar.

I never thought that I'd be able to be fooled. I always considered myself an expert at catching gold diggers or reading the intentions behind someone’s actions.

I didn’t see this coming. That’s all I can say.

Accusing my fa
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