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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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who had decided that places like theirs were meant for their kind, not for someone like her.

But Carter knew better.

She had always known better.

“Everything’s fine, right?” Ethan’s voice broke through her thoughts, his eyes catching hers as he waved her over. The same faint smile lingered on his lips, the kind of smile people wore when they knew they’d continue reading …

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