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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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in the light, and the yacht moved farther from shore. Carter stood near the rail for a moment just to breathe, the salt air cool against her skin.

She heard heels behind her before Victoria spoke.

“You have to understand,” Ethan’s mother said, her voice pleasantly soft, “this isn’t personal.”

Carter turned. “No?”

Victoria smiled. “Families like ours have continue reading …

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