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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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She had always known that power was fragile, that empires could crumble if they weren’t watched carefully. But she had been so focused on building hers, on finally showing the world she was more than just a girl behind a counter, that she hadn’t thought of the aftermath. She hadn’t thought of what came after the fall.

“Don’t worry about me,” she said continue reading …

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