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“And what about you?” I arched an eyebrow. “You know I’m never going to fall for you again, so why are you still hung up on this?”

Jared just shrugged. “I’m not hung up. I’m just trying to figure out where I went wrong in my previous life.”

I arched an eyebrow. “And did you?”

Jared nodded. “Yeah, I did. If someone wants to reach the top, he can only truly devote himself to one thing- love, wealth, or power. Obsession with just one makes it easier to succeed.”

His expression grew darker. “In my previous life, I turned my back on wealth and wasted my years on love.”

“Serves you right,” I shot back.

Jared just grinned, totally unfazed. “Then in this life, I’m putting all my focus on wealth. Let’s see if I can make it to the top this way.”

I knew Jared was stubborn and had ironclad willpower. With this choice, he was unlikely to go wrong.

“Well, good luck with that,” I said, standing up to leave.

This time, Jared didn’t try to stop me.

A month slipped by before I knew it. The new subsidiary was moving forward, but the office wasn’t set up in a separate location–Jared had cleared out a whole building for us, just a hundred meters from his own.

swamped with work that my head was spinning, barely able to think about

dinner several times

Nathan asked when he saw me,

you confidence. Even though I was crazy busy, I felt a lot more grounded, and that confidence just seemed to shine through me. Hachester had gotten even colder after the New Year, and my style had leveled up too–I was dressing sharper, more put–together. I wasn’t about to drift through life clueless like I did in my

really go all out and dress up for herself while she’s

even brighter,

your injury still

Holcomb working you too hard? He really doesn’t know how to treat a

it’s just that I still have a lot to

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of steel, you know. No matter how important work is, you still need to take breaks,” Nathan

actually trying to slim down. I think being skinnier is better,”

his head. “No way, you look amazing as you are. That fuller

keep talking about this, so I switched

eyes widened. “What are you going to

going to study at a university there,”

eyes went wide. “How long are

six months,”

up, his fingers clenching on the table. “This

froze for a

looked out the window. “You just got back to Hachester, and he’s already rushing to

Jared pulling the same trick as before–worried I’d reconnect with Nathan, so he was shipping me

want me himself, but he definitely didn’t want his rival to have me either. Is

suddenly let out a dry laugh. “Has Mr. Holcomb not had enough of his little games yet? Does he really think shipping you off

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