"You know how weak you got after giving birth. That's why you lied about business trips and disappeared for months." I frowned. "And all that 'humiliation' you keep bringing up? My family and I never saw you that way."Remember your first deal? I couldn't watch you run yourself into the ground, so I met the partner myself and locked it in for you."Then you talked for three hours straight about that useless project. I cleaned it up and sent it over like it was your work."And the Blue Sky project you bragged about for days? Trading two junk plots under Cresthaven for prime commercial land—you really think that was your persistence?"Business runs on profit. Why would they care about you? I used company resources to make it happen and told them not to mention me."Talia, every step you took—I laid it out for you. Without me, you would've crashed."I pulled you up. Covered for you. Made you look good."I thought I was helping you grow. But you took everything and turned around, sa
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