CHAPTER 23 — THE MISSING MOTHER
Aarya couldn't sleep. Again. The city outside Jungkook's penthouse glittered beneath the darkness. Beautiful. Peaceful. Normal. Everything she no longer felt. Because her entire world had shattered. Again. First her father. Then Jungkook's father. Then Chairman Han. And now— her mother. The woman she barely remembered. The woman everyone claimed had died in a tragic accident. The woman who apparently had secrets. Dangerous secrets. Secrets powerful enough for someone to watch Aarya for years. Aarya stood near the floor-to-ceiling window. Lost in thought. Lost in memories. Or rather— the lack of them. She remembered very little about her mother. A smile. A laugh. Warm hands brushing through her hair. A lullaby. Tiny fragments. Nothing more. She had been too yo
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