The Billionaire's Greatest Loss: Ex Wife Please Come Back

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the moonlight. State-of-the-art. Th

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door. Of course. Serena had known we'd find this.

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amp. "While you were chasing ghosts, she wa

schematic behind

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facade, and for a split second, I swore I saw a silho

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ledger, the ancient book spread across her desk like a corpse on an autopsy table. "Fir

stion weighing my bones. "The safe wa

ile you were rummaging through closets like some common thief, she was hosting investors!" Her icy g

ed. Serena's humble origins had alw

armchair. "We could always leak

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ebrow arched

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shut. "Because you're going to retrie

os of Serena's daily routine. Her gym. Her favorite cafe.

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an Cole leaving the same clinic, his coat pocket

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