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hreatened to block the divorce indefin

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. They will try to exhaust you. Next, they wil

was steps ahead of them. I sent him the scanned copies of

their only viable point of attack is the source of

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w, we wait for them to

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vin sat beside him, looking smug, as if he

onflict," he said, his voice the epitome of boardroom coldness. "In the int

of a predatory shark, slid a doc

the sum of five hundred million dollars," Theodo

your initial investment, Kyla. We're maki

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red-million

value that my own strategies had generated. They were treating a high-risk, life-saving venture

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tly, two years ago, you weren't offering to make me whole. You were b

he shark-faced lawyer shift

nd a half billion dollars. That is the fair market value, and that

ally cracked. He slammed his palm flat on the

e five hundred million, or I will personally see to it that those shares become worthless

e would sabotage his own

ack dress. I looked from Theodore's enraged face to Gavin

hird option,"

tared at me

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"Mr. Sun" the moment I was back

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