Chapter 752

I pulled Nina into my arms, holding her tight as I scanned the men standing before me.

They didn't attack, just stood there watching. Then I heard hurried footsteps, followed by a panicked voice. "Nina, don't be scared-Mommy's here!"

Cue Sasha's dramatic entrance.

She burst in, ripped Nina from my arms, and shoved me aside like I was the villain in her

soap opera.

Theatrics? Ten out of ten. Sasha deserved an Oscar.

Clutching Nina close, she covered her with kisses and soothing words before whipping around to glare at me. "Keira, I trusted you! I even let Nina be your friend, and this is what you

do? You used our trust to hurt us!"

"I don't think Keira hurt me," Nina piped up, defending me before I could get a word in.

Sasha's face stiffened for a split second, but she quickly recovered, squeezing Nina tighter and bursting into tears.

hired them for her little performance. Her goal was simple: get Nina

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drama had wrapped up, but for me? This was just the opening act of

problem.

Thorsten came looking for

know why I've asked to see you,"

poster child right now. He'd

raised.

simply requested a meeting. Just as Sasha had predicted, his guilt kept him restrained. But he wasn't about to let this go without answers. "Don't you already

was calm but sharp. "You're not the type to hurt a

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were after vengeance, you'd aim

the schemer saw a

his voice level but pointed. "Maybe what you want is something we

When the amateurs like Cole fumbled, Thorsten was here to clean up the mess. His so-called reasonableness wasn't compassion-it was strategy. He wanted what they

But now I realized the truth-it wasn't just paperwork. It

it was

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