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CHAPTER NINETY-ONE: EDGE OF BANKRUPTCY.
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Miles apologized as he approached his cousin with the most sincere look in his eyes. “I’m sorry for your pain. If it helps in forgiving me, you should know that I never knew of my own death until today.”

Adriana suddenly dropped what was in her hands and rushed forward to wrap her arms around Miles's waist, placing her head on his chest as she began sobbing. “Miles, I can’t believe it! You’re alive! Oh my goodness, I can’t believe it!”

Miles froze for a while as he didn’t expect that Adriana would actually get over the shock so fast. He slowly wrapped his arms around her as well as his eyes became blurry.

“I didn’t expect to see you of all people, especially here at the estate while it’s in such a condition.” Miles’s voice may be calm but it was filled with emotions.

The two stood there, hugging for over half an hour before they let each other go. While growing up as the only child of the Creek patriarch, Maxwell Creek, and the patriarch’s wife, Gabriella Joanna, Miles didn’t have a
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