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Bargain - II

Author: Mirachi
last update Last Updated: 2023-03-13 03:23:16

A room with no windows and no clock had a major disadvantage to it and that was , one had no idea if it was the day or the night. Or if the next day had already begun.

Apart from that , it might have been just an hour that had passed and Chloe was mistaking it to be an entire day going by without anyone coming into her room bothering her.

It must have been an hour or two , because there was no way that man Boss Theddy or whatever he called himself would leave her alone .

A knock came on the door and just as Chloe turned to sit up on the bed and look at it , it opened and a woman dressed in white shirts and gray pants entered. She recognized her immediately to be the woman she saw in her room earlier .

But something is off with her , the woman she saw yesterday was carefree and a bit friendly. But the one in front of her now is more like a commander, her aura changed to be more intimidating.

Her face and emotions are unreadable, which left Chloe thinking what changed within her after
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