The Assistant's Awakening

d as his live-in assistant, blurring professional and personal lines. He mentored me, showered me with gifts, and prai

fetching coffee and making my designs look better by comparison." He scoffed, adding, "She\'s so d

ted into acts of cynical manipulation. I wasn\'t a protégé; I was a tool, a punchline in a cr

orth. How could I have been so blind? So utterly used? How

e, Liam," I said, a perfect imitation of the naive girl I used to be, knowing that this time, the p