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Capitolo IX
When we finished lunch by 12, I went to my scheduled manicure-pedicure at Tenoverten Nail Salon. I decided to have my previous blood-red nail polish removed and replaced it with expensive French tips.
When that was over, we headed over to Harlem for the magazine signing for the Times. I was ecstatic when I heard I'd be on the cover of Times Magazine this month. From the Most Influential Woman of New York to World’s Most Influential Women of the Year. It's one of the best things that has ever happened to me. And despite whatever is happening with my relationship with my father, and the contract between me and Lucas, I'm still glad that I get to do these—the things that make me happy and the things that I achieved on my own without the help of my father's profile nor his filthy money.
The library was full when we arrived. Chase guided me through the c
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