Comeback: Love Was For The Foolish

cho of a past burn. It reminded me of the first time I'

. She was quiet, mousy, always looking down at her shoes. She followed Mark around

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review a proposal I' d written. "Not everyone has everything handed to them on a silver platt

rd I could never meet, her poverty a virtue and my privilege a sin. I had tried to understand him, tried to see my

, to earn his love, had l

a partnership proposal with a volatile overseas company known for its shady dealings. My father had been deba

ntangled with such a notorious partner. Someone had set this up, and Lily, the naive intern, was the perfect paw

upid, bleeding-heart ins

voice gentle. "Lily, that file... it' s dangerous. The company has a terrib

his was my big chance to prove myself. If I back down now, they' ll think I' m incompetent." Her voice was a f

nce. The grateful, yet dete

ark appeared at the end of the a

tment. Lily immediately shrank behind him, c

ly to be careful with t

"Or are you trying to sabotage her? You can' t stand to see someo

was just trying to help! She' s right, I' m not good enough for t

her hand trembling. It was a perfect, self-depre

old, hard clarity washed over me. I saw the whole scene for what it was: a meticulously cra

r had attached. It wasn' t just a proposal. It was a legal trap, designed to expose the overseas company' s illegal activities. An

s a stepping stone

ar-streaked, triumphant f

. I took a step back. "I shouldn' t interfere. I

ave it. Let them sign the papers. Let them walk right into the fire