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Double Standards
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2026-10-28 13:30:48The memories of her twenty-first birthday were as sharp and clear in Robin’s mind as jagged glass.
Eleanor Sinclair had spent two million dollars on a lavish, fairytale-themed birthday ball for Nicole at the Capital Regency, inviting every socialite and media outlet in the state. Robin, meanwhile, had been forced into a uniform and ordered to scrub greasy industrial cookware in the venu
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The Grand Ballroom of the Blackwood Estate was bathed in the warm, opulent glow of multi-tiered crystal chandeliers. Capital City’s highest nobility, central bank governors, and old-money dynasty heads filled the hall for the Blackwood Family Quarterly Gala.Robin walked into the ballroom with effortless poise. She wore a bespoke obsidian-black velvet evening gown that contoured her long, graceful silhouette, its subtle diamond-encrusted halter neck highlighting the porcelain curve of her shoulders.As they entered, Old Master Blackwood’s chief butler approached and gestured toward Table One—the high-
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The sprawling west wing of the Blackwood Ancestral Manor was silent, save for the rhythmic patter of rain striking the high, arched windows. To satisfy Old Master Blackwood’s strict surveillance team and maintain the absolute illusion of their union, Robin had agreed to the compromise: two nights a week spent in Brandon’s private quarters.She pushed open the doors to the master suite, expecting a adjoining guest room or at least a second bed prepared by the staff.Instead, she was greeted by a massive king-sized bed wrapped in dark silk sheets, sitting centrally under a crystal chandelier. The suite was opulent, vast, and unmistakably singular.Robin stopped dead in her tracks, her striking emerald green eyes narrowing instantly. She turned toward the doorway, ready to demand a separate suite from the head butler.Before she could take two steps, Brandon stepped into the frame, blocking her path entirely.He had just come out of the master bath. He wore only a pair of dark silk loung
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The midnight mist hung thick and heavy over the historic cobblestone courtyard of Robin’s private townhouse. The iron streetlamps cast long, distorted shadows across the wet stone, and the city around her was dead silent.Robin walked up the private pathway, her long wool coat sweeping softly against her ankles. Her mind was a sharp, calculating matrix as she reviewed the final foreclosure notices for the Sinclair estate on her encrypted tablet. She had just stepped through the wrought-iron security gate when a sudden, erratic movement in the shadows made her pause.A figure lurched out from behind the stone pillar, reeking heavily of cheap bourbon and stale sweat.It was Dane Vance.His designer suit was hopelessly wrinkled, his tie loosened, and his hair matted across his forehead. Ever since he had been reduced to a junior coordinator at his father’s battered firm and publicly humiliated at the Fashion Week gala, Dane had descended into a spiral of furious, alcohol-fueled madness.
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