The Genius Heiress: Reclaiming Her Stolen Life

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voice echoed in her head. "Initiating somatic form

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connection. She p

grounded her. She stood up straight, feeling the weig

f sweet, nauseating perfume, and discarded high heels. Her stomach turned. This was the debris o

ng back at her had heavy, smeared eyeliner and bright pink

o the left. She plunged her hands into the freezing stream and scrubbed her face

d pulled out a sharp, tailored black suit. She put it on. The heavy fabric

door. The cold air of t

walking up the stairs. He carried a sil

stopped on the middle

y that had surrounded her for three years was gone.

t soup spilled over the edge, splashing onto his

s clicking rhythmically against the floorboards. She headed

bed the heavy brass handle

ahogany desk. He was frowning at a st

e. Anger flashed in his eyes. He tappe

behavior at the Manhattan club last night was a disg

ted both hands flat on the mahogany surface an

ion. "You are routing the assets through a shell company in the Caymans that was flagged by the IRS

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straight. She ad

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tight. "You made a fool of yourself chasing a

prefer I discuss your creative accounting with them instead. This is the last chan

e of the hysterical girl who had ruined his

thorization form from his drawer, signed his na

per. She turned around an