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Hidden hand

작가: Endian Fiction
last update 게시일: 2026-04-11 07:05:00

IVY POV

The first file was worse than I expected.

Sports compliance case. High-profile athlete. Alleged contract breach, endorsement fallout, media vultures already circling. If this went wrong, it wouldn’t just be a courtroom loss... it would be front-page humiliation.

“Cute,” I muttered under my breath.

Harrington hadn’t given me busy work.

He’d given me something explosive.

I flipped open the second file.

Intellectual property
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