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The Strange Name
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2026-08-20 11:52:07
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His Assistant His Ruin The Strange Name
Three days.That was all that remained.Three days until the engagement.Doris stared at the calendar on her desk, then at the growing pile of documents beside her.Three days.The mansion had barely been quiet since the announcement. People came and went constantly. Event planners, security personnel, family members, decorators, drivers. Even the kitchen seemed to be operating around the clock.Everyone was preparing for something beautiful.Doris couldn't stop thinking about everything that could go wrong.She picked up another document.Guest transportation.Checked.Security clearance.Checked.Venue schedule.Checked.She moved it aside.Her eyes landed on the empty space beneath it.For a moment, she hesitated.Then she reached into the drawer.The Orion notes.She hadn't touched them in days.She had told herself there was no reason to.The original material was no longer in her possession. Stanley had the manipulated copy, and whatever he planned to do with it was no longer he
His Assistant His Ruin Before the Celebration
The waterfront estate looked different every time Doris saw it.The first time, it had been an empty stretch of luxury overlooking the Hudson.Now it looked like someone had decided to turn it into a world of its own.Workers moved across the grounds carrying equipment and floral arrangements. Temporary structures were being assembled near the gardens. Security personnel walked the perimeter while event coordinators moved from one section to another with tablets pressed against their chests.Everything was being prepared for one night.One announcement.One celebration.One marriage that Doris kept reminding herself had nothing to do with her.She stood near the entrance, looking down at the schedule on her tablet."Guest arrivals begin at six."She checked another document."Family photographs at seven."Another."Private dinner at eight."She sighed.There were at least twenty more pages."This is insane.""It's supposed to be."Doris looked up.Delvis stood a few feet away.Black t
His Assistant His Ruin Announcement
By eight in the morning, the secret was no longer a secret.Doris knew it before she even stepped through the doors of Varmont.The lobby was louder than usual.Not chaotic.Just different.People were speaking in low voices, checking their phones, showing one another something on their screens before quickly pretending they hadn't been doing anything at all.Doris slowed as she walked past the reception desk.Two employees were looking at a phone between them.The moment they noticed her, they lowered it.Doris frowned.Then her own phone vibrated.Once.Twice.Then again.She pulled it out.The notification sitting at the top of her screen made her stop walking.*Varmont Chairman's Son Delvis Lim Announces Engagement to Ethan Carter.*Her stomach dropped.She opened the article.The photograph loaded.Delvis stood in a black suit, his expression as unreadable as ever.Ethan stood beside him, smiling naturally, one hand resting against Delvis's arm.The headline was only the beginnin
His Assistant His Ruin Family Dinner
By seven that evening, the mansion no longer felt like a home.It felt like a venue.Staff moved quietly through the halls, carrying trays and adjusting flowers while security personnel checked doors, entrances, and the grounds for what felt like the hundredth time.Doris stood at the end of the dining room, reviewing the seating arrangement on her tablet.She had changed the names three times.Not because the arrangement was wrong.Because Ethan's mother had apparently decided that sitting beside someone she disliked for an entire evening was an unacceptable fate.Doris sighed."One more change."She moved a name.Then another."There."She looked at the table.Perfect.At least something was.The long dining table had been arranged with dark polished wood, crystal glasses and carefully folded linen. Nothing was excessive.Everything was expensive.That was the difference.Even the flowers looked like they had been selected by someone who had never heard the word *budget*.Doris step
His Assistant His Ruin Things She Can’t Ignore
By the following morning, Doris had convinced herself that everything was fine.It was a lie.A very convincing one, but still a lie.She stood in front of the mirror in her room, fastening an earring while the glow of her phone illuminated the dresser beside her.The engagement announcement had gone public sometime during the night.She had already seen it.She had tried not to.That had lasted approximately six seconds.*DELVIS LIM AND ETHAN CARTER OFFICIALLY ENGAGED*The headline sat beneath a photograph of the two men standing together at what looked like some private event.Ethan was smiling.Delvis wasn't.That was normal.At least, Doris told herself it was normal.She looked at the picture again.Ethan's hand rested against Delvis's chest.Delvis allowed it.Doris's stomach tightened.She locked her phone."This is ridiculous."She picked up her bag and walked out.The mansion was already unusually busy.People moved through the halls carrying garment bags, boxes, floral sampl
His Assistant His Ruin The Line
Doris didn't say much during the drive back.For once, she was grateful for the silence.Her hands remained folded tightly in her lap as the city passed beyond the window, the lights blurring together whenever she stared at them for too long.She could still feel the hand that had grabbed her.The suddenness of it.The panic.The realization that those men hadn't come to scare her.They had come to take her.And then Victor had appeared.Doris glanced toward him.He kept his eyes on the road, his expression as unreadable as ever.She didn't ask why he had been there.She already knew.Delvis.Of course.The thought should have irritated her.Instead, it brought a strange sense of relief.If Victor hadn't been following her, she didn't know how that meeting would have ended.Doris looked down at her empty hands.The folder was gone.During the struggle, she'd dropped it.She didn't know whether the attackers had taken it or whether it had been left behind when they ran.Either way, it
His Assistant His Ruin The Morning That Changed Everything
Back home, the bathroom filled with steam as Doris stood under the shower, letting the hot water run over her skin in slow, steady streams.For a while, she did not move.She just stood there, eyes closed, as everything from the night replayed in her mind whether she wanted it to or not.Tom’s face
His Assistant His Ruin The Night I Finally Let Go
Doris checked the time again, her eyes lingering on the glowing screen longer than necessary as if staring at it would somehow change what it showed.10:47 PM.Her fingers tightened slightly around her phone, but her expression remained composed as she looked up at the waiter standing beside her ta
His Assistant His Ruin Something isn't normal here
A few minutes after the call ended, Doris remained seated at her desk, quietly looking around as she tried to get used to the space. Everything in the office looked too arranged, too perfect, as if nothing was allowed to be out of place. Even the air felt different, calmer but somehow heavier, like
His Assistant His Ruin The First Meeting
Doris stood up from her desk slowly, smoothing down her skirt almost immediately. She adjusted her shirt, tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear, then checked herself quickly on the blank screen of her phone.“Okay… no mistake,” she muttered under her breath.She had not met the CEO yet, and
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