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I never told my boyfriend’s arrogant parents that I was the one who owned the bank holding all their debt. To them, I was just “some barista with no future.” At their luxury yacht party, his mother sneered and shoved a drink into my hands, spilling it down my dress. “Staff should stay below deck,” she said coldly. His father laughed. “Careful—don’t ruin the furniture.”

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conversations and then criticized for being quiet. When she did speak, Victoria corrected details that did not need correcting, as though basic social presence from Carter required editing.

At one point, a guest asked where she and Ethan had met. Carter opened her mouth to answer, but Victoria stepped in smoothly.

“At a café, naturally,” she said with continue reading …

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