CHAPTER 29
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Javier frowned. “What do you mean, ‘I’m the man he shouldn’t have underestimated’?” His voice was steady, but there was an undeniable edge to it.

Valeria’s grandfather, Sebastian Solano, studied Javier for a long moment before sighing.

“You don’t remember, do you?”

Javier’s jaw tensed.

“Remember what?”

Sebastian chuckled softly, though there was something heavy in his expression.

“It’s not surprising. You were just a child when it happened.”

Valeria inhaled sharply.

She knew what was coming.

Hudson scoffed, regaining his confidence.

“Oh, what is this nonsense now?” He rolled his eyes. “Are you about to tell us some long-forgotten fairy tale?”

Sebastian’s gaze snapped to him, sharp and commanding.

“Silence, Hudson.”

Hudson stiffened, his mouth shutting instantly.

Sebastian turned back to Javier, his voice calm but firm.

“Your father and I were close friends, Javier. Very close.”

Javier’s fingers twitched.

His father?

The memories were hazy at best, fragments of a past that felt out of
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