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Chapter 5

Author: Niffy Pen
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NORA

FEW WEEKS LATER

“I want her dressed in something from the new evening line,” Kian said without looking up from his tablet.

Ivory blinked. “Excuse me?”

Kian’s tone didn’t shift. “Call the design team. Bring a selection here. She needs something suitable for the gala tonight.”

There was a beat of silence, thick with tension. Ivory stared at him like he’d grown two heads. “The full collection?”

“Yes. Have them here within the hour.”

I was sitting on the edge of the bed, towel wrapped around me, still trying to understand how my day had turned from reading in the sunroom to preparing for an elite event with Kian Wilson.

“I don’t understand why you’re doing all this,” Ivory muttered under her breath as she zipped up the last garment bag and placed it beside the others on the long leather couch. She didn’t look at me. Her voice was clipped, her movements stiff. “She’s just a surrogate, Kian. This is too much.”

I paused at the door of the suite, my hands frozen on the silky robe I was
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    NORA FEW WEEKS LATER “I want her dressed in something from the new evening line,” Kian said without looking up from his tablet.Ivory blinked. “Excuse me?”Kian’s tone didn’t shift. “Call the design team. Bring a selection here. She needs something suitable for the gala tonight.”There was a beat of silence, thick with tension. Ivory stared at him like he’d grown two heads. “The full collection?”“Yes. Have them here within the hour.”I was sitting on the edge of the bed, towel wrapped around me, still trying to understand how my day had turned from reading in the sunroom to preparing for an elite event with Kian Wilson.“I don’t understand why you’re doing all this,” Ivory muttered under her breath as she zipped up the last garment bag and placed it beside the others on the long leather couch. She didn’t look at me. Her voice was clipped, her movements stiff. “She’s just a surrogate, Kian. This is too much.”I paused at the door of the suite, my hands frozen on the silky robe I was

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