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Chapter Twenty Nine : The Boardroom

Author: Betty A
last update publish date: 2026-09-13 19:47:41

Morning arrived with the hard clarity of fluorescent light and the knowledge that nothing about the day would be gentle.

Jennifer stood in the small hospital bathroom for the second time in three days, staring at a version of herself she barely recognized. Dark trousers. A structured cream blouse that Gerald’s assistant had delivered before dawn. Hair pulled back into a clean knot. She looked composed. She did not feel it. Beneath the careful exterior her pulse still carried the residual heat o
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