Contract Marriage: My Husband doesn't know I am the daughter of his enemy / Chapter 3 Working For Lucien Kórvac | 10.00%a's
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s polished, chandeliers hanging and blinding every
asps be
"Elara, this place is insane. INSANE. This is the
ound once,
I murmur.
the sarcasm. No
s. This building wasn't constructed
a's
onged in rooms she had no business standing in. Of course the Kòrvacs wou
nyway because i
new one thing: the Kòrvacs wanted a marriage contract with the Vir
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to-ceiling windows and executiv
I say. "It
om is even colde
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oesn't need a
en K
Visionary. Public icon. Priv
of presence that doesn't need to announce itself to
ims me for barely three seconds before shiftin
es me more th
ghten m
s flawless. The years of experience, metrics that speak
now was my oral
ions come
Client retention. Risk miti
I watch the panel exchange glances and
, detached and unintereste
omen says, smiling polite
on dropped 17% in six months. Marketing says pricing and finance says logistics.
're testing my strategic thinking and forcing
of t
they exchange loo
r product value, and your representatives are closing deals before relationships form. Clients
aus
the proc
t's an insane answer but
enue." I look Lucien w
months, your referrals do
ning contracts but yo
Solis." Lucien leans forward,
't have answered if
that?" he asks and I
moothly. "And I'm good a
s flatly, "here you
ngue, hard.
ade the funniest joke in the room. He narrows his
'll
ll d
ething he picked off a shelf
was his per
rk the foll
diately,
directing resources, reassigning budgets, and dis
rmation leaks. Partnerships cru
m excellen
And I deliver results just enough to kee
soften reprimands. I don't pre
me stoic, controlled and u
t while ensuring it
y a group of coworkers whisp
O's furious," on
nformation," another adds
, but then stop
gossip, you work hard enough that the money
y without a wor
g mad, he'd soon ho
catch me. I'm good at
ring once before dying completely in the parking lot. Camilla is out of town, unreachable, and
my voice even. "Just pick Ashe
. "Elara, you'll owe me big time. BIG. I
ou dinner f
immediately. "Say l
call, exha
now so I'm surprised when
k like someone
ing neutral and polite. Lucien Kòrvac stands bes
ct like a mother,
le so tight i
greeting
ow. "It's the
lute. "I am joyous and filled w
g flicker across his face-amusement,
," he says, eyes dropping briefly to m
gaze before l
I lie easily. "Been
ct. Sympathy, discomfort,
that. He just grunts, unim
ng in m
ife?" I ask i
and slowly
do you
some as you are, boss, you don't expe
e visibly recoils, making me wan
he says fla
e walk
him, my jaw ti
s words won't
forehead, wait until his breathi
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