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Chapter 44

Penulis: A. Leilani
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Chapter 44

I watched until he disappeared inside, then sat in the car for a long moment, gathering my courage.

This was it. My first day at Thorne Industries. My first day working directly for Niklaus Thorne, the man who'd once made me forget my own name with his kisses, the man who'd asked me to choose him over my arranged marriage and who I'd walked away from anyway.

I could do this. I had to do this. For Iniko, for our future, for the chance to build something stable and secure.

Even if it meant spending every day with the one person who'd ever made me question all my careful, practical choices.

I took a deep breath, started the car, and headed toward downtown. Toward Thorne Industries. Toward whatever waited for me there.

Toward Klaus.

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**Iniko**

The school was eerily quiet when I walked through the main entrance at 6:15 in the morning. The hallways were empty except for a janitor mopping near the front office and one teacher—Mr. Harrison from the fifth grade—who looked surpris
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