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Chapter Thirty-Seven

Author: Ginna
last update Huling Na-update: 2026-01-03 22:02:14

Harper's POV:

I was happy.

The word kept repeating in my head while I smiled and nodded at people congratulating me... while I shook hands and accepted compliments and pretended my skin wasn't crawling from feeling Hardin's eyes on me.

Happy.

Proud.

This should have been one of the best days of my life.

The US Secretary of Commerce was standing in front of me now presenting some award and his mouth was moving but I couldn't hear a single word he was saying because Hardin was somewhere behind me and I could feel his stare like heat on my back.

"Gosh." I pressed my fingernails into my palm.

I wouldn't let him see that he still affected me... wouldn't give him that power.

It's in the past and I can get over it... I've been telling myself that for six years and eventually it has to become true.

"Harper, you have to thank him!" Jessica's voice crackled through the earpiece hidden under my hair.

I'd almost forgotten I was wearing it... the tiny device disguised as an ear accessory that let
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