Ashes Of Love; The Billionaire's Payback

d himself worthy of. Gilded edges lined the bookshelves, and the scent of old paper and bergamot tea mingled with the flicker of a nearby fire. Yet it wa

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nemies made sure of it. But I hadn't." Her voice was calm, but her gaze was steel. "I lost a son

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't need another billionaire. It needs a man who's

not just business, but silence. Restraint. Vision. She taught him negotiation in the halls of power and empathy in

one face remained untouched

twisted in grief, calling out his name as he was dragged into the dark

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throat

of that viper I once mentored-until greed ate him alive. They're t

slowly. "

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his pockets, jaw taut. "You

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