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Julian

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last update 公開日: 2025-09-17 15:10:53
Chapter 34: Sabotage

POV: Julian

Julian Black wasn’t used to losing.

He wasn’t used to waiting, either. Promotions had always arrived like clockwork—earned through years of late nights that bled into dawns, impossible pitches turned into impossible wins, and a reputation so meticulously polished that people mistook it for actual perfection. He had never once begged for a seat at the table; the table had simply widened to accommodate him.

So when the board had quietly promised the open Se
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