raper of the Carlisle Group headquarters. She had swapped her glamorous gown f

stepped into the private elevato

p floor. She walked down the silent, heavily carpeted ha

r older brother, Alphons Carlisle. He wa

e severe, ruthless expression he wore for bus

walked straight to the expensive leather sofa

ately started venting loudly about the pap

e stood up, his tall frame imposing,

ter and carried it over, handi

out this reality show nonsense

er shoulders slumping. "Carrie says it's the only

need to suffer this kind of humiliation. I will have the acquisitions department b

t. I spend my entire life trying to prove I'm a real actress. If you buy the stud

n her eyes and relented. He tur

t just brought on a new Chief Counsel. His name is Brennan Kane. Hi

rsonnel changes. She gave a vague, dismiss

glanced at her watch. It

et. We have the family dinner with the bo

leonora like a physical shock.

nd uncles relentlessly pressuring her to get married, trying to forc

ather had caught fire. She grabbed her

a rushed panic. "I can't! The production crew just texted. They

ugh the lie. He opened

sprinted out of the office like a fleeing criminal, shou

ons stared at the empty spac

arriage because of the deep emotional trauma she ha

ordered his assistant to secretly monitor the

l document on his desk. In the bottom right corner