"The Shadow of the Billionaire"
e, uninteresting emails, and a painful absence that she tried to bury under responsibilities. But that
marriage. We hope to see many of y
heartbeats. Clara... her best friend. Ethan... the man she had loved more than anything, the one for whom she h
r life, of pretending that this story was in the past. But the pain returned with an incredible violence. Her eyes ran
again. This time,
pecial guests. Come and discover
name that was not entirely unknown to him. Gabriel Hartman. The businessman wh
ving an invitatio
rself that none of this had anything to do with her. But something insi
were tense, marked by that invisible fatigue that only buried pain could cause. Clara
ts. Maybe it was tim
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as elegant as
uxury and pretense. Alice stood near the entrance, a glass of ch
unreal. Why had sh
of the room. Tall, imposing, dressed in a dark suit tailored to perfection. His features were almost un
el Ha
staring at her with inscrutable interest. Then, in one fluid
ss E
bued with a natural confiden
she asked, unable
of things. You
is man exuded control, an autho
am I
an impercep
to discover truths that
ned, sus
rut
inviting her to follow him. After a hesitation,
ick curtains and dim lighting. Gabriel sat down opposite her, crossing
he story of your break
than made
as no longer the one he
version he led
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cour
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oat tig
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man who orchestrat
ground give w
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All of this... it was inevita
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aying with p
them towards
od up a
make any sense. What do you
t her with distu
. I'm just giving you a c
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if I
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