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Chapter 40: At the table

Author: DemiLova
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-30 02:12:14

Jeffrey was practically vibrating with anticipation. His phone had buzzed with a message from the bank, saying Caroline Sterling had been asking about her grandfather's accounts, and that she was demanding answers.

Jeffrey had almost choked on his coffee when he read it. After all these weeks, Caroline was finally reaching out again.Or so he thought.

A wide grin stretched across his face. He'd always known she would come crawling back. Six years ago, he was the one who had ended things.

She was nothing, just a nobody who he had gotten tired of.

He had thought she would be nothing without him, he thought that he’s a big fish in this little pond that was her life. He had made her feel inferior. He was a fool.

Now, the tables were about to turn. Or so he thought. He had always desired her. He was just too arrogant to admit it back then.

He thought that she didn't deserve him, that she was too naive and too pure for his liking.

He wanted to be with someone who was like him, someone t
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