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Chapter 21: What He Let Happen
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2026-10-29 07:00:45The first time someone called me Mrs. Cross after I opened Reyes Atelier, I didn't correct them.
I smiled.
Shook their hand.
Answered their questions.
Then spent the rest of the meeting feeling as though I'd borrowed someone else's identity.
The second time, I corrected them so quietly they barely noticed.
By the third time, I was beginning to understand that it was all right to ask people to call me by the name I wanted to use.
It happened aga
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