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Dolores met her gaze with startling indifference. If she had truly grasped the consequences, she wouldn’t have gone through with it in the first place.

Leon was going crazy. “The Ruiz Group’s reputation is in ruins. Your brother’s latest project is now on the verge of collapse. And you?” His glare bore into her. “Your own name is in the dirt.”

“So?” Dolores shrugged. “If Lowell’s handling it, then let him. What’s the big deal?”

Leon’s eyes darkened with something colder than anger—disgust. “The big deal, Dolores, is that the entire elite circle now knows exactly what kind of woman you are. Your reputation is in shreds. Forget about Shaun—no respectable man will ever want you now.”

At the mention of marriage, Dolores’s composure finally cracked. She had spent years sculpting herself into the perfect wife material, poised to marry into a family much more esteemed than hers.

Confidence had always been her armor—she believed she could secure a prize husband. And she nearly had. Shaun wasn’t her only prospect; other distinguished men had considered her a match.

just Shaun—all of them. Gone. Vanished like smoke in the

the idea of marrying into a family of equal

her downfall slammed into

reporters

𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖎𝖓 𝖘𝖎𝖙𝖊: 𝖌𝖆𝖑𝖓𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖑𝖘﹒𝖈𝖔𝖒

doctor said you took too many aphrodisiacs. You were so… consumed by the effects that you didn’t even

emptiness creeping into her tone. “My life

“Disgraceful! You’ve shamed our family! Look at your brother—he doesn’t need us to

stepped in gently, attempting to soothe her. “It’s alright, Dolores. Even if marriage doesn’t

get married! I’ll go on dates,

Who would marry you now? If you were

cheek, tears streaming down her face. “That’s the second

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