The Billionaire's Command

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hat morbid anxiety that warped my

room, a mass of papers and folders laid out on the coffee table nearby, he

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beside her on the couch. "He sai

but that moment immediately died the instant

uld stop the corporate

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ollowly. "That is ridiculo

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ent Industries and we both know that Vi

r. "That man has been trying to destroy me

fists. "Then

y left, Isabelle. The investors are abandoning us. The

s found a way to freeze our remaining assets. If we don't find

h dropped

le a claim that we have engaged in financial wrongdoings. It is total nonsense, but

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simple hosti

to take over Laurent Industrie

olfe was offeri

t my temples as my thought

tightening around our necks,

of my eyes hard, but

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k her hands in mine. "I will fix this

eyes glimmered with a mothe

uld have felt

sat on my bed, staring at the ce

me, Isa

I hated him. I hated everything he stood for. But

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