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.

gleaming coldly, ornate carvings on the frame flickering in

about to look away, when a voice carried

Alex won’t

her credit for being

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with my banking contact. She withdrew all her savings just $195,460 for a down payment on what she thinks will be their marriage

hundred grand? That barely buys a bathroom these

moving closer to

with your shabby clothes? We’ve all been abroad, and

– a $200 down jacket, $50 pants from Amazon, and

down at myself, nothing I

have misheard, I reached for my

to open a bottle on the

revealed his full profile

until

me, wanting to speak but finding my throat frozen

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

just supposed to

for

while lighting a cigarette, then he smirked: “What

her. My advice? End it

find someone suitable.”

Alex exhaled smoke, giving him a lazy look, “you

time you make me download Temu at midnight for your Cinderella, I’ll come

I think Temu

maxed out!”

as Harrison continued: “When are you planning

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