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I'd spent the better part of my afternoon preparing for Cedric's visit. It was I who invited him earlier on. My heart was floating with a kind of pure joy that I had not experienced in quite a long time. But things were changing now. Everything in my life had shifted so dramatically since my first promotion. I now had a company car that now sat in my driveway, my impressively tripled salary, and even my very own personal assistant.
Sure, I spent my childhood being surrounded by privilege and never wanted for anything, but this feeling was entirely different and almost intoxicating. This success was mine alone. I earned it by merit and not by privilege, so not a soul could diminish this victory. Not even Blake with all his manipulations, not Chloe with her schemes.
I was bubb
