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ing with questions and her face leaned in. "

t told everything. Begrudgingly, he called it a 'conglomerate.' Or real est

ed impressed. She measured him,

with the right skills and it demands someone who will sacrifice to make us a star

aised by her skepticism.

y hesitation. "And I think you've shown you can get yourself out of rock bo

air. Ava crossed her arms and forced herself to st

"An extra fifty dollars per year if you meet e

te her future money. However, it made sense to caution her inst

t?" She stopped, h

d because the results I expect demand it. I wasn't ruthl

offering a job, he was dangling a challenge. Proving herself without

to handle the weight of his expectations? Could

spent years clawing out from under the wreckage

ce was

ward and he took it. She then snatched her grip from it; an unwelcome jolt-a so

," he said softly,

e'd just signed a pact that was more complicated than she could e

as yet to begin. Survival wasn't