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A Poisoned Friendship
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2025-04-01 11:00:49Once he left, Athena sat still for a moment, staring at the empty space beside her. A strange feeling crept into her chest, was it disappointment? Worry? Or something else entirely?
Shaking it off, she decided she couldn’t dwell on it. She needed to get back to her own life.
Arriving at her office, she immediately instructed the security team to be cautious about accepting packages with no clear sender information. The last thing she needed was an unexpected threat slipping through the cracks like yesterday.
"Athena!"
"Caroline?"
Athena waved her hand toward a woman who had just stepped out of a luxury car. Without hesitation, she gave her a warm hug as the woman in dark sunglasses approached, then slightly furrowed her brows when the woman handed her a rather large handbag with the label of a well-known brand.
"What is this?" she asked, still unsure.
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