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Capitolo XXIX
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2024-10-29 19:42:56At dusk, Lucas and I were in his study. He was making and taking calls about her sister if there were any leads. But no. And Chase still hasn't replied if there's anything in the surveillance that would help. And I, still flushed and floating from the kiss earlier, was comfortably sitting on the leathered couch in an oversized denim dress shirt with nothing but lace underwear underneath, sipping wine and taking notes of colors and fabrics from the magazines I got. Lucas and I ordered takeouts from a local restaurant that was on the table in the kitchen and would later be heated up if either of us got hungry.
"No!" Lucas barked. "You're not leaving until you find me something. A diary or a receipt of her last meal or a fucking used condom. Find me something that would lead to her, Arnold." I didn't know who Arnold was but I knew he was in trouble. Lucas has been barking orders in the past 40 minutes to fin
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