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Natalia stifled her anger and returned to the studio, apologizing profusely to the crew before heading back to the company. She knew Hamilton had deliberately kept her in the dark the night before. But for the life of her, she couldn’t figure out what she had done to tick him off this 

time

After settling into her office for a bit, Hamilton’s call came through. Come up and fix me a cup of coffee.” 

Sorry, Mr. Fowler, I need to reschedule the studio shoot.” 

And?” 

I don’t have time right now. Maybe someone else can make your coffee.Natalia hung up without another word. After the call, she felt a surge of rebellious prideshe had just hung up on Hamilton Fowler

But damn the consequences, she really didn’t want to see him right now. Did he actually enjoy playing these games

Natalia was still seething. The man never seemed to lose. Now she thought about it; it was probably because she had given the food she had made for him to the stray animals

But what was she supposed to do? Leave it out for him to eat after coming back from dining with Eveleen? As if he would care for her simple home cooking after Eveleen’s gourmet meals

Soon after, the intercom buzzed, and Tess, her assistant, cautiously knocked on her door

Boss, Mr. Fowler wants to see you.” 

Tess was well aware of the stunt pulled on Natalia today. Everyone at the studio had a pretty good idea of what was happening. It seemed to be another round in the ongoing rivalry between two women. And once again, Natalia seemed to have lost

Eveleen, the untouchable queen bee, could make Natalia crumble without even showing up. Even Tess felt it was unfair. But with Hamilton high on his throne, if he sided with Eveleen, no 

one dared speak up

Natalia slumped in her chair, reluctant to move. But she knew if she didn’t, someone else would 

catch the heat

Hamilton was adept at manipulation. He always knew what she valued. If she disobeyed, it would be Tess or the executive secretary who would suffer

In his world, she had no choice but to play along

I got it.” 

Pushing down her frustration, Natalia gathered her composure and headed upstairs

As she approached the door, she heard a loud bang from inside, and her steps halted abruptly

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at the executive

Sales Manager reporting in,” the secretary informed her.

paused. “I’ll come

twitched. “You can go in

rush into the line of fire.

of course, for the last–minute switch in the campaign plan.

his lost dream. Eveleen must really enjoy

Natalia turned towards the pantry. Pouring herself a glass of water, she sat by the window, feeling a persistent

some reason, her thoughts drifted back to

had only a nanny with him, and Natalia always thought he looked so lonely, even if she was living a rough life herself – at

sorry for him. Whenever her mother made something tasty, she would rush to

person in

for years. But then, he

Hamilton again three years ago, she realized he wasn’t pitiable at all. The true pitiable one had always been her. It seemed she had loved the wrong person from the

not the boy from her childhood. His words of affection were no longer for her.

swung open. It

Fowler

the door to Hamilton’s office.

behind his desk, head down, his voice dripping with sarcasm as she entered.

time to slack off, I

seemed busy.”

while you find the time to enjoy the

Schafer start shooting? If she can’t recover soon, I suggest finding a

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next month, and any further delays will affect the

properly. As for a replacement, that’s not an option. Don’t even consider it. If you can’t

just the campaign

How ridiculous

Natalia was the one he wanted to replace.

several times that she needed this job and the

best.” she met his

seemed to satisfy

to complete the task on

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