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CHAPTER 20

Author: Nancy Grey
last update publish date: 2025-11-22 01:24:25

Anya’s POV

As the meeting continued, I couldn’t stop my mind from racing. Every time Orion looked at me, I felt that same heat in my chest, that same pull I had tried so hard to ignore. Every number in that folder suddenly seemed like a test—not just of my skills, but of how much I could endure under him.

I clenched my fists in my lap. No tears. No shame. I would survive this. I would do every task he gave me, no matter how impossible, and I would not break. Not again.

The meeting ended what fe
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