From assistant to wife - when loyalty turns to love

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the bedroom. Ayla stood by the stove, stirring a pot of porridge with one hand and ho

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ust spam emails and old

porridge was thin, barely enough for tw

atching as the sky shifted from inky black to pale

r. She frowned, setting her teacu

looking woman in a brown uniform

Ayla M

es

. She didn't smile. We've sent

know, I just need a

payment isn't made within seve

al looking paper and walked off,

for a moment, staring at

n the market before her lungs gave out. The same rent Ayla had be

That was a

A single tear escaped before she wiped it away with the

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ound her mother sitting up against t

Ayla greeted softly,

weak smile. "You d

nd of hair from her mother's forehead.

d been rationing the painkillers. Or that the rent notice had c

folded laundry, the silence only broken

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s again and submitting yet another round of applications,

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quickly, scann

Miss Ay

rson interview for the position of Ass

ate: 25th S

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H&K Tower,

gorithm through one of our partner netwo

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a prestigious company-way out of her league. She checked the email address

elief washe

atened to spill. It wasn't a job yet-but it was something. A

er voice lighter than it had been

d up, surprised.

Indus

rose. "That's...

member applying. But the

e in her tired eyes. "Maybe it'

e it

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neatest blouse and navy skirt. Her hair was tied back, and she carried a slim folde

ished marble floors. Everything screamed mone

desk. "Good morning. I'm Ayla Moor

er and nodded. "Take the elevator to the

d, her pal

the numbers lighting up one by

grey suit met her at t

es

sistant director of H

oom. It was minimal, but intimidating. Ayla sat w

you-your résumé is... light. You have no corporate experience. No degree.

t tightened.

"Why did you apply

ow I had. I've been applying for dozens of job

her head. "Yet

the most qualified. But I'm willing to work harder t

for a long moment

t sank. Tha

e from a nearby cabinet. "The position you've been called

d. "The Kil

And very private. He requires someone discreet, composed

mouth w

caught our attention. You're underqualified, yes. But... you have a surv

I got t

you'll live in one of our company apartments. Full pay. You'll be wat

. "I... I don't

, handing her a contract.

mbling as she reached for th

he didn't see the tall, sharp-feature

ely unaware that the woman he would come to

contin