Chapter 61
Author: Rholle Petz
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"We were once together. A long time ago. That was before I got a job at his brother's company. Things were pretty normal back then. He was normal. We had dreams together. Aspirations.. when our world collided, it was like we were invincible," Lena stopped while drinking from the cup of calming tea that the servant had made for her.

Lecter sat down on the couch opposite to hers and standing besides him was Alaric who also listened carefully to all that was being said.

"Well, that was until he started to have selfish dreams that no longer involved me. He once shared with me a thought, that someday, as the black sheep of the family, he would return to claim all the wealth that his family never offered to him. I saw that as a moment of silly thoughts. Except, I was wrong." She stopped and sighed.

"After we broke up, I moved to the city and coincidentally, got a job at his brother's company. While we were dating, he never mentioned the name of the company, not even once. So it got to a poi
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