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    Dani smiled, her lips, a delicate shade of red, curving gently like a rare winter rose in bloom.


    “Natalie, take a guess. What do you think I want?”


    The moment those words left Dani’s lips, Natalie’s heart skipped a beat. She eyed Dani with growing wariness.


    Dani remainedposed, like a seasoned predator watching its prey squirm. Natalie struggled to find her words before finally whispering, “What do you want to know?”


    Dani folded her hands in front of her, exuding effortless ease. With a calm gaze, she asked, “Take a guess. You’ve always known exactly what I’m after, haven’t you?”


    Just then, the office door creaked open.


    Cedric strode in, flipping on the deskmp to cut through the darkness before settling beside Dani.


    Natalie darted a nce at Cedric before returning her wary gaze to Dani. “I don’t understand what you’re saying.”


    “That’s fine,” Dani’s voice was calm, almost soothing.


    She had a way of making everything feel unhurried, as if time itself bent to her will—calm, measured, yet always inmand.


    “Go ahead, keep pretending.” Dani chuckled softly, her smile pure yetced with amusement.


    A sharp pang of fear shot through Natalie.


    “Let’s keep ying. I just hope you can afford the stakes.” Dani’s amused gaze bore into Natalie.


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    A chill ran down Natalie’s spine, sending goosebumps across her skin. “You want to know…?”


    “Yes.”


    “So this was all your doing!”


    “Naturally.”


    The instant Dani confirmed it, a wave of fear crashed over Natalie. Her once-confident expression dissolved into sheer shock.


    “You mean, from the moment I tried to get close to Doug, this was all part of your n? You were setting me up?”


    Dani shook her head. “It started long before that. From the moment I first met you, from when you told me you wanted to join Elite Lux—I had already factored you into my ns. In fact, ever since you came back from abroad, I knew this day woulde.”


    Natalie stared at Dani, terror creeping into her wide eyes. “That’s impossible!”


    Dani offered a serene smile. “Believe it or not, it doesn’t change anything. As I said, keep acting—I’ll y along.” Her tone was light, almost casual, as if she were merely discussing the weather.


    “You…” Natalie’s voice wavered, trembling against the eerie silence of the office as a nameless fear gripped her.


    It dawned on her—her fate had long been trapped in Dani’s grasp. She now understood—Linden’s hatred, his contempt—everything had been orchestrated by Dani from the start.


    Dani’s machinations were too precise, too ruthless, and for the first time, true fear took hold of Natalie. “What do you want to know?” Natalie’s voice trembled as the weight of realization bore down on her.


    She couldn’t deny it—she was utterly outmatched by Dani!


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