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Chapter 20

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By the next hour, whispers had already turned into wildfire.

It started at the Thorne Corporation office. Employees who had witnessed the impossible, the cold, untouchable Roman Thorne walking hand in hand with Elena Sinclair, the Sinclair brat no one took seriously, couldn’t keep their mouths shut.

By the time Roman and Elena had left, text messages were already buzzing through private chats. By nightfall, blurry photos had leaked.

The photographs hit the gossip blogs before midnight.

Roman Thorne, untouchable, icy, never seen with a woman on his arm, had walked into Thorne International’s headquarters with none other than Elena Sinclair. And not just walked in. He had held her.

Cameras caught the moment, blurry but undeniable.

Roman’s hand firm around Elena’s waist as she smiled like the spoiled princess everyone believed she was.

Her dress shimmered beneath the sun, her hair falling in perfect waves, and though her expression was coy, her proximity to the city’s most dangerous b
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