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2026-03-15 12:00:32"You said it like a list you memorized."
I looked up from the prenuptial agreement. Luke was standing at the kitchen counter with his coffee, still in his wedding suit, jacket gone, watching me with the particular quality of attention that suggested he'd been watching longer than I'd noticed.
"It is a list I memorized," I said.
"Say it like you understand why it matters."
I set the document down. "Because your world runs on perception. Your board watches your perso
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