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Dangerously Happy

Author: Chri's Layla
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I had gone back to the city.

The moment my plane touched down, reality followed me like a shadow—heavy, relentless, demanding. There was no time to breathe, no time to linger in thoughts that had been haunting me since Paris. I had a very big, important project waiting, one that required my full attention, my authority, my presence.

Yet, for the first time in years, something felt… different.

As I sat in the meeting room, hands folded calmly on the table, a smile curved naturally on my lips.

A real smile.

Not forced.

Not strategic.

Not cold.

Just… there.

The entire board sat frozen across from me.

Every single one of them stared as if I had suddenly grown two heads.

Their eyes darted between my face and each other, confusion written plainly on their expressions. These were men and women who had worked under me for years—people who knew my temperament better than anyone.

And th
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