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Chapter 10: His Arch Enemy
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Roselle's Pov:
I walk over to Jace's desk and sit down doing my assignments missing the girls, I look at the breakfast left there I poke at it sighing taking a bite of the sweet deliciousness of chocolate chip pancakes which I knew would become my favorite food, I swallowed it in thought wondering who was Jace really, my dad seemed so afraid he could have just sold the house and found another job easy with the qualifications he had up his sleeve but something was holding him back but what was it? Something didn't sit right in my stomach, I put my fork down and go into the internet browser, as I searched up the company 'Levett incorporated multi-billion dollar company no shit look where I'm staying' I scroll down and press on each browser as I read over the information."Michael Levett cheated on his wife with his secretary...." I scroll further down
"Kaiser...Jace's half brother", my eyes widened
Maybe he could help me get
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