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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

GABRIELLE

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The rest of the day went by in a blur, Lucian left after dinner. He told me that he still had some work left to be done. 

I left Loretta and took a stroll in the garden which had become my favorite spot outside the mansion, but this time, I wasn't here to for the peace I usually get from the fragrances of flowers. I was here to meet Anya. After checking around, I concluded that this would be the safest place around the house. 

He was just one of my father's men, why would Lucian carry out such a detailed background check on him? Devin had brought that report file just before I entered, that was something that reassured me that he wasn't dead. 

I stared at my phone screen, unable to fathom the numerous questions running through my mind. 

Why was Derek's last name here different?