The Billionaire Secret Vow

ne, the ridiculous, and the reputation-ending. Emilia Hart could tell this

ression soldiers must give when the general walks into a hopeless battlefield. Miranda Val

da said, not looking up fr

djusted her blazer and sank into the leather chair, crossing her

folder on the tabl

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ght. It sucked the ox

asked, even though she

chest men in the world. Just punched a senator's son at a private fundraiser in the

ening to freeze a new investor round

. "What's the angle? Self-defen

Refuses to speak to the press. Refuses

said carefully, "

e one that meant: this is da

who won't be intimidated by h

ly wealthy, but Emilia had learned long ago not to fall for sharp su

his legal team did. He's expecting someon

l edges, it was a testament to control and precision. Emilia's heels clicked against polished marble as

assistant said

ered herself. She wasn't here to be l

lient. Complicated, maybe. Infamous, s

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opened with

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s daring the skyline to challenge him. He turned when she approached

d dangerous intensity. Dark hair. Grey eyes like frozen sm

he said, voice l

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ent longer. "You're

and folded it over her arm. "Mr. King, I'm Emilia Hart. Mirand

hoed, as if amu

Z, and three investors are considering pulling out," she said. "If that does

ed himself a glass of whiskey, and sat

are about

the press controls public perception. And public percept

he finished. "Yes, I k

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unsettling calm. "Wh

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ked. "Ex

n spinning a lie. Or

e hell did y

ough noise elsewhere so this fades. You don't need my s

ess. And I certainly don't babysit billionaires who think they're above consequences. If you

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miled. Slight

smart. I didn't rea

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s that made her skin crawl, he said, "

her eyes. "The

ust stared out the window again,

him to prot

espo

this would be so much easier if

ession unreadable. "Not

h a contract, a stack of NDAs, and a s

ors. But there was something else too-buried behind

reer out of rebuilding what o

ehind her and whispered, "Let's see w

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