SHE HIRED A STRANGER FROM A DATING APP TO STOP HER CLASSMATES FROM HUMILIATING HER—BUT WHEN THE BILLIONAIRE TOOK HER HAND, THE WHOLE REUNION TURNED INTO A NIGHT THEY WOULD NEVER FORGET

never once asked me to rescue her. You asked for company. There’s a difference.”

Something inside you went quiet.

It is dangerous, you realized, to be seen accurately when you are used to being reduced.

You looked away first.

Inside, the terrace door opened. The woman in the charcoal suit stepped out, careful not to intrude too far.

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