“Thank you, Mirabel.” My voice came out quieter than I intended. “Really.”
She inclined her head. “It was overdue.” she said with a smile.
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By the time I left Quinn Group’s main building that evening, the air outside was heavy with dusk. I pulled in a deep breath, rolling the stiffness out of my shoulders, mind already turning toward the thought of seeing the villa for myself.
But the moment I stepped out of the revolving glass doors, my path was cut off. A wall of strangers stood waiting. Men and women, all well-dressed, though their postures gave them away as bodyguards and followers. And at the center of them, her. I didn't expect to see her and I rolled my eyes on seeing her. It was none other than Selene.
Her eyes glittered with spite the moment they landed on me,
