LYRA“You are the new hire I have heard so much about?” I looked up, and Vivienne Vale, Soren’s stepmother, stood at a distance. Three men older than her stood behind, shaking like a leaf about to fall from a tree. She raised her nose in the air, which looked almost too perfect for me to behold. Her face was spotless and tight for a woman her age, and I was envious.She had heard so much about me? I just began working there; what the hell has she heard about me already? I had done my research on his family because I had to know who it was I was dealing with. Soren’s father, the founder of the Vale corporation, had remarried after his first wife died to Vivienne, who was ruthless in business—at least that was what all the tabloids claimed of her. “Mrs. Vale,” I stuttered as I stumbled to my feet. Her eyes run across my body before a smile breaks on her face. She turned to the men, one of whom held her bag like it was something precious. “See that, you research.” She smacked her li
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