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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".

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

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

around, I might've been moved to

Bringing me into your company? Making me your little lapdog, ready to serve you day and night? Do you think I'd be grateful for that if I managed to

women in romance novels were thinking. How could they happily stand by the CEO's side, willingly playing the role of a powerless assistant or, worse, his invisible little

left and right because he held the power. Those women sacrificed everything-youth, talent, and hard work when they could've done

fell in love with the guy, thinking it was some beautiful

person they constantly ordered around? How could the one beneath ever fall in love with

and you're not thinking straight," Ethan said, his voice calm as it trying to defuse the situation. "We can talk when you're sober. As for that other matter, I can't

acting helpless in front of me while pulling strings behind the scenes. But why couldn't he just

weren't meant to

couldn'tsurvive the

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