Chapter 20: The Cold Shower

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==Layla== The little plastic card sat on the wooden shelf right next to my nose. Wills. The letters were bright red. My mind was spinning faster than a top. Maddox had stolen the key to Victor's private office safe while his father was getting dragged away in handcuffs. Inside that safe was the official paper that decided who got the billions. If Victor had changed his will to leave everything to Cynthia or my mother, we were finished. But if Maddox got to it first, we could take over the entire Langford family empire. Maddox did not let me think about the paper for long. The sound of my mother's footsteps completely died down the hallway. The danger had passed, but the hot adrenaline inside the tiny, dark wardrobe was boiling over. Maddox pulled his hand away from my mouth. I let out

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