Chapter 2

I was just arriving home when a message popped up asking me to deliver documents to the Sovereign Club.

Without hesitation, I turned around and ordered a rideshare through my company’s expense app.

Adult evenings rarely belong to oneself.

When not dedicated to love, they’re mostly consumed by unpleasant work obligations.

Stepping out into the biting wind, I looked around.

I’d heard of the Sovereign Club – a place frequented by the extraordinary.

My boss could only access this hidden courtyard mansion thanks to connections with their executives.

Through the vermillion doors, flanked by suited attendants, I stated my purpose and was respectfully guided inside.

As expected, after delivering the documents, I put on my practiced smile and graciously made the rounds

with drinks.

Usually, document delivery doesn’t require my personal attention.

But these business dinners always need a pretty face for decoration.

“Mr. Sullivan, this is Emma from our tech department. She’ll explain everything – true professional!*

When our business partner’s fingers brushed my hand, I lowered my glass and discreetly pulled away.

Often, I couldn’t outright refuse, even if it meant enduring certain gazes.

After several drinks, I excused myself for fresh air.

brass handle gleaming coldly, ornate carvings on the frame flickering in

about to look away, when a voice carried from

Alex won’t marry her because he’s poor?”

credit for being sincere.”

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Chapter 2

contact. She withdrew all her savings just $195,460 for a down payment on what she thinks

buys

incredulous, moving closer

We’ve all been abroad, and

– a $200 down jacket, $50 pants from Amazon, and the Balenciaga Triple S

down at myself, nothing I wore cost over

misheard, I reached for my phone to

lean forward to open a bottle on

revealed his full

my clothes until my knuckles

stared at the scene before me, wanting to speak but finding my throat frozen by the winter air.

man who’d been speaking: “I have my reasons. Stay out of it.”

Wasn’t this just supposed

fell for Cinderella?”

lighting a cigarette, then he

marry her. My advice? End it now, don’t waste her

find someone

a lazy look, “you

smirked, “You barely talk, but next time you make me download Temu at midnight for your Cinderella, I’ll

hand politely: “Actually, I think

maxed out!”

continued: “When

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