“No. The more they hate you, the harder they’ll be on me.” I felt like collapsing in exhaustion at the sight of him standing there. He looked so poised. So perfect. He was an unstoppable force, and he wasn’t going to quit until he got what he wanted from me. Little by little, his stubborn persistence was starting to charm me, no matter how hard I tried to fight it. “But you’ll come?” he asked. I almost laughed at how excited he sounded. Moments ago, I’d seen every ounce of the powerful businessman he could be—how he could intimidate and command with a flicker of his features and the tone of
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