The Single Tycoon

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restigious big school, no known family network, no background that explained how she had ended up at this gala among

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d her to the huge office. When she entered, Maximilien was sitti

or behind her, ca

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and stared at her, his steely ga

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companies. The negotiation is tense, the stakes

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, her eyes shone w

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ing an alliance

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well as I do that in this world, having a

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wanted to see how far she was willing to go, how well she was a

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on her heel and walked out of

walk away, a barely vis

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