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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".

the overwhelming evidence, It somehow ended up as a case with "insufficient evidence". Didn't the

never 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 fix things between us. I want to make up for the

first time around, I might've been moved to tears by his words. But

serve you day and night? Do you think I'd be grateful

stand by the CEO's side, willingly playing the role of a

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

love with the guy, thinking it was

of power love the person they constantly ordered around? How could the one beneath ever fall in love with the one who assigned them impossible tasks, pushing them

the situation. "We can talk when you're sober. As for that other

to play the role of the devoted, misunderstood lover. Or maybe he was acting helpless in

these things weren't meant to be

couldn'tsurvive the light of

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