creating havoc in her life without even trying. Did she have to be so hard on h

him would be like? Almost as if in a trance, she swayed towards him, deciding to take destiny into hand, she flashed h

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dictionary, so she could not be bothered that the poor man stood completely humiliated in front of her, his head bent in resigned shame. In fact, it gave her a sense of perver

ugh leeway to do anything she wanted. Humility was not her thing. Had been in the past but now she felt better being

e frame with impeccable precision. Her stilettos tapped a light rhythm on the marbl

tolen the sample from the storeroom and resign or I hand you over to the cops? » she propose

ow. What a bunch of losers, she mentally sneered. Regrettably enough, she had turned into a great cynic, believing people to be superlatively selfish; everybody was only bothered about his own l

the barely concealed smirks. She could almost hear their i

the poor guy was actually looking nervous, ready to puke his lunch, and she smirked inwardly with sadistic satisfaction. It was not her fault that she endorsed no room

roat, a broken sound, before mumblin

a fraction, signalin

desk, » she ordered crisply. «

tumbled out of the room, the thick te

d into a flurry of activity, everyone pretending to mind their own business, pretending th

ath. She could feel the familiar emptiness settle in her ch

ave lost sleep over hurting someone. Would have

girl was

Milan, the night she had dared to smile

not for love, but for appearances-catching the harsh fluorescent li

t headline: Anastasia Forrester – The I

ty quieted down and the buzz faded, she f

Hopeful.

made he

anya, appeared nervously at her elb

even glan

? » she dema

p.m. meeting, » Tanya said, almost

, another bloodthirsty shark from the business

istant turned to leave, « next time, don

ed herself a moment of private amusement. The

Lancaster, Ana straightened her spin

enetrable, that even she sometimes forgot what it

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e messy. Dan

s probably rotting somewhere in his own guilt

rvived. Sh

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