My Body, Your Empire

Lights. "He knows how to heal my soul ✨," the caption read. He had taken her to see the aurora borealis, a trip I had spent years planning for our tenth anniversary, a plan I'd sh

erver to my own erasure. I was leasing the place, a temporary measure before my mov

of handover meetings to ensure a smooth transition. I was in the boardroom, explaining the Q4 strate

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its neck twisted at an unnatural angle. Tucked beneath it was a s

team looked at me with a mixture of horror

terminedly cheerful. He found me at the apartment, packin

worried. Chloe was an absolute wreck after that paparazzi incident. But

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rescue. Ethan Reed, heroic CEO, had saved Chloe Vahn from an appare

the garage, Ethan, his arm protectively aroun

g, "has been terrorizing the woman I love. But he was m

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