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Chapter 88 Playing the Game

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Vanessa Keller had never liked being manipulated.

But she understood something very important about powerful men.

They rarely stopped once they believed they had control.

Which meant the smartest move wasn’t always resistance.

Sometimes…

It was letting them believe they were winning.

Because people who thought they were winning often became careless.

And careless people made mistakes.

Vanessa intended to wait for that mistake.

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The next afternoon, the Hale Capital building rose above the cit
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