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Just as Theresa was urging Richard to speed up the process of squeezing money

out of Rebecca, her phone rang.

“Hello? Oh, Mrs. Paige Reed, of course, of course… Yes, I’ll be right there.”

She hung up and left in a rush.

Richard stood there, unsure what he was feeling as he gazed toward the Vireon

Technologies booth.

Interest in the newly launched domestic robot was skyrocketing. Many attendees

had already placed orders on the spot.

Though originally designed to care for elderly people living alone, the robot clearly

had potential for broader use in normal households too.

Vireon Technologies had surged to prominence like a dark horse, solidifying an

unshakable position in America’s tech industry.

The Morgan family had always been in foreign trade. If they could just lock in a

partnership with one of these international exhibitors, they might finally earn a

seat at the table of American innovation.

He spotted Henry, the same man who’d hit it off with Theresa.

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“Mr. Bourne.” Richard said, stepping up with a smile, “I was wondering if you

might be free for dinner after the expo?”

Henry shook his head. “I’ve already got plans tonight.”

Richard kept smiling, “How about tomorrow, then?”

Another shake of the head.

A cold sense of dread crept up Richard’s spine. “Perhaps another day? I’d love to

finalize the ideas you and my mother discussed…”

Henry cut him off with a polite smile. “I’m actually more interested in Ms.

Ashbourne’s proposal now.”

Richard’s face went pale. He stammered, “B-but… I thought you really connected

with my mother earlier…”

Henry gave a half shrug and a smirk, like he was humoring a child. “I just feel like

I connect better with Ms. Ashbourne now.”

Richard froze. His mouth opened and then shut again.

From across the hall, Alistair happened to glance in Richard’s direction and saw

him storming off toward a quieter area, his face drained of all color.

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murmured. “He looks

got terminal cancer.”

sounding completely indifferent, replied, “Probably because

their deal.”

disbelief and then

done.”

crinkled with soft amusement, filled with

heart skip.

darling,” she said

Alistair blinked.

woman is going to

subject. “Did Leo talk to you

exactly glued together 24/7.

were still short windows

somehow, in that short time, Caroline had already sabotaged the

help

again and didn’t know

did,” Caroline said. “I told him it’s fine if

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go.”

She paused after that.

her. “You’re not ready to

a lot of nights at Grandma’s

see her almost every day.

a whole month.”

not a stranger,” Alistair said, half-joking. “And Grandma

dare run off

he

to leave the expo

corner, Richard watched them climb into a sleek

and completely at

ground his teeth so hard

away, Theresa wasn’t picking up her phone, and

falling apart. He was panicked, desperate, and

always clashed with Alistair. Even in school, they couldn’t

then, Richard never imagined that one day

roadblock in his life.

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would watch Alistair enjoy his fleeting moment of

it wouldn’t last.

and no substance, strutting like he owned the room,

it came, it would be brutal. Richard,

more than a setback. He had no intention

to a nobody who should’ve

Alistair received a message from someone long

the man Paige had

beautiful woman earlier that day. She’d come on to

if it meant Paige was planning

life. He’d once thought of killing

him and promised there

to make her pay.

go of his family. That was the

to Alistair’s plan.

studied Paige

calculating, and always

perfection, for one slip

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existence was a threat. A living, breathing time bomb in her

eat at her. That constant sense of danger, of not knowing

unbearable. Sooner

act. And when she

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