Breaking Billionaire Rules

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night before. But the board needed it sanitized and glossy. For them, strat

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evenly. "She'll get you y

ing else. Before I did something stup

her - the ones who didn't shrink, didn't rush

buried long around pe

ould've walked past her like I did

to underestimate her - had me slowing down. Isla Morgan didn't act like so

much I res

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trusted advisor. She'd stuck with me through the takeover, through the scandals, through every fire I'

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ed. I stepped out

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sla was the kind of anomaly tha

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f she's

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she wa

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the whisper

spronounced her name in a scheduling email. That's how I knew Isla was making waves.

n came during Friday

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thing but a

during review," he added. "

she w

admitted, annoyed. "

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what str

ht better of it. He muttered something under his breath

he came here to do, burn through the summer like every o

ouldn't sto

ompany had cleared out, I walked past

s stil

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in the hallway, watching her wo

e it

cessary, stayed longer than required. And if there was one thing I'd learned, it was that

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supposed

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