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Chapter 89: Shower of Love

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The penthouse overflows with gifts, flowers, and women celebrating new life.

I stand in the doorway watching thirty-eight powerful, successful, brilliant women transform our home into something that looks like a fairy tale crossed with a bookstore. Literary quotes hang from the ceiling, flower arrangements spell out words like “DREAM” and “HOPE,” and every surface holds wrapped packages in soft pastels.

“Em, you look stunning,” says Minister Chen from the UK delegation, kissing my cheek. “Pregn
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