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CHAPTER 86- Silver Lining
Author: Michael Chi
last update2025-08-21 04:18:52

Sophia tilted her head. “Although…” she drawled. “I doubt Lucian will be willing to give you such information. After all, you were the reason he was humiliated, dragged away in handcuffs on what should have been his wedding day.”

“Do you really think a man like him would ever tell you anything? He would rather choke on his tongue.”

Adrian’s gaze didn’t shift. “You don’t need to concern yourself with that.”

Sophia blinked, caught off guard by the certainty in his tone.

Adrian leaned forward, just slightly.

“I will get the information out of him.”

The finality in his words made Sophia’s smirk falter.

Because in that instant, she realized Adrian wasn’t bluffing.

The silence between them stretched.

Sophia’s smirk had faltered, and for the first time that afternoon, she found herself studying Adrian not as the man she mocked, but as a storm she couldn’t predict.

Then Adrian pushed back his chair. The faint scrape of wood against tile cut through the café, and every lingering eye turned to
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