The CEO Fired His Secret Heiress

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rried across the quiet office. "Everyone sees it, you know. The way you walk.

lf-righteous declaration. "Honestly, someone shoul

s, my eyes burning. I' d done it for him. For the dream we supposedly shared. The dream of building something that mattered. I had poured my

his brow furrowed with annoyance. "What is

y, she' s doing it again! Look at what she' s wearing! It' s completely inap

asey' s tear-streaked face. I saw the conflict in his

uatio

he said, his voice strained. "Just... for the sake of peace. Can you

validating Kasey' s insane, malicious fantasy. He was sacrificing my dignity

in was so deep, so absolute, that it had become numbness. A col

y voice eerily calm. "Whatever yo

where I kept a spare change of clothes, my back ramro

wnpour. He was the one who stopped. A young, ambitious entrepreneur in a beat-up sedan, his eyes bright with ideas. He changed my tire, got soaked to t

"If you ever need a job, or just someone to tell

irms or investment banks that were clamoring for me. I called him. I found h

ur first round of funding. I worked for a salary that was a fraction of m

ountain of paperwork and say, "Allie, when we make it big, when this is all w

dreamer. I was here for the challenge, for the satisfaction of bui

elieved in

, I looked at my reflection in the dark window.

irl in the rain, would never have asked me to change my clothes to appease

t had shocked my own father, was eroding. It was tur

ardigan over my dress. The fabric felt like a s

tarting to re-evaluate what,

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