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ate jet, I felt like I was tres
ike money and decisions made in quiet power circles. I kept smoothing my
g reports as if he were flying economy. His expression was so real, c
ince we arrived at
neath us. Milan - with its cobbled streets, and it noi
. My father's cough echoing down the
at had
ne, married to a man who barely looked at m
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mr, my name was
amilla
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for us was far in Kensington, behind wr
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y. Damian handed her a schedule and v
the walk-in closet lo
k blouses, a coats with fur trim and an ha
ectly. Colors I didn't
s sur
and reheating soup in a chipped bowl. Now, I owned a w
es you these t
always
y paid the fir
sion. The driver opened the door without a word. I climbed
d steel, rising like a crown above the Thame
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cused on sustainable textiles and clean aesthetics. My name, my idea-
the assistant handed me a tablet with the day's sche
irl behind the
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ation was slo
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d-from shaky loops
odest neutrals to sharp l
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ust dressi
becomi
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as "The Mystery CEO with the Billionaire
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ed pol
d flawless makeup was a girl who still checked in on h
room from her husband and a girl
ially
old Damian what happened
coming slowly
elevators, and oddly emotional when my
crackers nearby. I avoided alcohol at events, claiming
ian, my cont
t this would mean to him.
el would complicate everything-his inheritance, the com
rst of
his twin brother who dra
ing in me one eve
eaned back, pressing a hand to my forehead. I'd felt the wave
id, pausing his revi
ired."
oked at me-not as a boss or a business
een a docto
lowing hard. "
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eginning to suspect
m feeling and thinkin
here were moments of unexp
er, he offered me hi
into a dance when someone comm
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re smal
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th the strategies and ambition... s
t was r
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e mansion balcony. The city was quiet, the sky c
found m
say anythi
hands in his pockets,
ompletely lately,
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he replied wit
od in
. when I offered you the contract,
hi
powe
at him, s
his expression was s
aid. "And I think that terrifies
n't a
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t of me w
hat p
part of me that was no
twin brother grow
erything, if my thinking was right,
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