Chapter 40

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Sophia Phoenix, heiress of the Phoenix family—one of the wealthiest families in the country—sat like a queen in her swivel chair inside the expansive conference room. Her beautifully pink-painted fingernails repeatedly brushed the soft strands of her luscious ebony black hair as she eyed the door nervously. Philip Phoenix, her husband, a business magnate and owner of Phoenix, the most valuable car company in the world, sat beside her. She and Philip had been together for twenty-four years, the same age their daughter would be if she were still alive. The stiff expression on her husband’s face mirrored her own as they both waited for their visitor to arrive. She eyed the door once more and sighed. The private investigator she hired hadn't arrived yet, but she knew he would be here soon.

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