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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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than intervening.

Victoria leaned in slightly, lowering her voice. “Enjoy the view while you can. Girls who overestimate themselves usually don’t last long in our orbit.”

Carter turned back toward the water before answering. The horizon was a clean silver line, and the city in the distance looked smaller than it had from shore.

“You may be right,” she continue reading …

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