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Forcing a woman into submission and then pretending to save her-that was what these people do best, wasn't it?

But what he was saying now, didn't it sound just like some wealthy businessman tossing a few coins at a beggar, hoping to brush me off?

"You knew I was being manipulated, yet you still chose to help the Wiley family. Your goal was to make me a puppet. That way, all you'd need to do is lift a finger, and I'd come running

"What do you think I am? A toy? A dog at your command? Do you think have no dignity, that you can trample all over me forever?"

Back then, he knew exactly how desperate my situation was, but he never lifted a hand to help. He probably thought I brought it all on myself.

Even when the truth about the murderer came to light, he didn't offer me any explanation-past promised he'd "help".

swept under the rug. Despite the overwhelming evidence, It somehow ended

wanted to play with you, and I didn't want to insult you either," Ethan said, his voice softer than I'd ever heard it. "There are just some things I couldn't control. I hope you can understand that. But I do want to

my first time around, I might've been moved to tears by his words. But I knew better now. Sometimes, the sweetest words hid the sharpest

your little lapdog, ready to serve you day and night? Do you think I'd

romance novels were thinking. How could they happily stand by the CEO's side, willingly playing the role of a powerless

orders left and right because he held the power. Those women sacrificed everything-youth, talent, and

and fell in love

one beneath ever fall in love with the one who assigned them impossible

the situation.

acting helpless in front of me while pulling strings behind the scenes.

to be

couldn'tsurvive the

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