Pregnant Oracle: The CEO's Most Dangerous Mistake

n and settled deep into her bones. Anona Blanchard stared at the ceiling tiles, counting the wa

gloves off, the sound like a rub

men throbbed, a dull, invasive ache where they

her. She was busy updating a digital chart, her face illumina

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Ruby Woo. She applied it like war paint,

d on the street hit her face, carrying the scent of exhaust and wet pavement.

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n his spine. His grip on his phone tight

said, his voice low. The dono

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-the merger was dead. His inheritance was dead. The breach itself was a disaster, but Harri

I'll track down the recipient.

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ng open. His secretary stammered an a

el. Her black suit was sharp enough to

Alexander said, checking his w

out a thick document, bound in blue legal paper. She threw it onto the mahog

ed down. DIVOR

augh. Is this a joke? Hor

ing her hands on the desk.

der. I'm done being your show po

He walked over to the industrial shredder in the corner of

filled the silence,

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