Chapter 172

Maeve’s pov

The silence in the penthouse was thick, broken only by the muffled sound of a distant honking on the Los Angeles streets below.

We were all frozen in the center of the living room, a fractured circle of people waiting for a truth that was already starting to bleed through the cracks.

Graham stood by the marble kitchen island, his head bowed, his shadow long against the floor.

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