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Chapter 82: A Bitter Baptism
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2026-05-25 19:12:11POV: Claire Desmond
The scandal broke like a physical weight.
The ballroom erupted. The investors and bankers who had been nodding along to Jake’s every word now looked at him with a mixture of disgust and predatory hunger.
In this world, manipulation wasn't the sin—getting caught was. And Jake had been caught with his hands around the throat of his own partner.
"That’s market manipulation, Ja
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