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ver swept across the Internet, unexpectedly

f praise online, she quickly

dled thi

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substantial sum

be doubled. You can leave early

d dismissively, her

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the mirror, touched up her makeup, and dress

om her usual innocent image, adop

lipstick, blending innoce

y that had kept Rayan thinki

ver had arrived, he merely instructed his assistant

addressing him affe

ryone online is calling me a genius design

held up a widely shared Twitter post i

ispleased, but he still offered a

not

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She tossed her phone aside, feigned a s

ed around his

's mannerisms, radiatin

ductively, her breat

u think I look b

hey were sisters, and from certain ang

it, roughly yanking her arms a

what are

ooking slight

ke this? Sister once said yo

ns were becoming

st on the table, his

even know what

that! If she ever left, she

I never want to hear such words again. Out of r

onless, her mouth op

ed everything...how could

yan always tolerated

, Rayan abruptly calle

is forbidden from entering my offi

g Oliver, Rayan

ork, intending to

w me a cup

y, S

nearby sofa and clo

d quickly. Rayan too

ee beans did you us

boss's unsettled expressio

m the cabinet. Let me

n't even make a pr

down, feeling unex

e past, Hazel had personally ground t

always pretend not to notice her

e of his coffee, or the inc

re of these things without

ike to take a bre

oss's weary expressio

a grunt. "Go tidy up

erst

make another mistake and meticulous

but the incense by t

ave of irritation

? Can't you even handl

. "Sir, previously, Madam perso

xcuse? Couldn't

phone and dialed Hazel's number, d

a studio when the call came in. Seein

ide to avoid b

, what

ms commonly used in Sir's office are

eded to describe every detail of the routi

she emphasiz

e Madam. I'm

ression. Initially melancholy, it darkene

ord, lest he face another

gements, make sure someone prepares hangover soup f

past version of herself had r

rned her a shred of h

ve any questions, feel

nk you. Madam

outh, Hazel decisively hung up

phone away, the a

had he never noticed that

erything Madam mentioned. I

realized his slip

dn't seem to mind. Instead,

h nothing. I wonder if she