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Chapter 10: Crowning the new queen

مؤلف: Ruthie B
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Sloane's POV

The weekend had come and gone like a fleeting blur, but the high-society circles of the city were still completely reeling from the aftermath of the boardroom massacre.

By Monday morning, the elite media outlets were flooded with blind items about the sudden downfall of the Hartley heir and the meteoric rise of a mysterious new female executive.

I arrived at Hartley Global headquarters at precisely seven-thirty, stepping onto the executive floor with a completely renewed sense of
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