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Chapter 162

Author: Author Emmy
last update publish date: 2026-04-24 00:57:26

Rowan's Point of View

I was already late.

My jacket was on. My briefcase was in my hand. The car was waiting outside and my mind was already three steps ahead, running through the agenda for the investor meeting. Numbers. Projections. The acquisition update I still needed to present despite the CFO's recent failures.

"Sir."

James appeared in the hallway. My butler. A quiet, efficient man who had worked in this house for nine years and had never once interrupted me when I was heading out the doo
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