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Tried 415

    “Take your clothes off,” Alice ordered.


    Alice forced herself to stayposed. She <b>wasn’t </b>that nalve, carefree girl anymore. She knew exactly how to get Kyler to listen to her, and she wasn’t about to waste any time.


    <b>Self</b><b>–</b>interest <b>was </b>always the first rule when it came to dealing with people.


    Kyler froze, clearly not expecting her toe out with that right off the bat. “Take everything off?”


    Alice caught <b>the </b>way his cars turned red and felt a little delight, though she kept her face perfectly serious. “Of course. You’ve been an actor and done some <bmercials</b>. I need to see exactly what I’m working with so I can design something <b>that </b>fits you perfectly,”


    Is that really what this is about? Kyler thought to himself.


    Fingering his cor, Kyler hesitated for a long moment. After thinking it over several times, he bowed slightly. I’m sorry. Ms. Diamonde, but I really can’t do that. If <b>you </b>just need a model, can’t I just put on <b>the </b>clothes once they’re finished <b>and </b>model them at the show?


    “Sorry, but I don’t <b>think </b>we can work together.”


    Just as he was about to leave, Alice dropped the pretense. The moment sheid eyes on him, she knew she wasn’t going to let him walk away. She’d wanted to y it subtle, but Kyler was just as stubborn as Xander.


    He wouldn’t give in unless he was truly cornered.


    <b>Alice </b>grabbed his wrist<b>, </b>radiating amanding <b>aura</b>. “You seem smart, so let me be blunt. Right <b>now</b>, you’ve got nothing. From what I’ve found out, you’re desperate for cash. Your family needs it, <b>and </b>so <b>do </b>you. Be with rue, and I’ll pay <b>you </b>1.5 million dors a month. What do you say?”


    Kyler’s eyes flew wide, his <b>pupils </b>shrinking. It wasn’t the 15 million dors that got to him, but the sheer insult of it.


    “Sorry, Ms. Diamonde, but I’m not the guy for this <b>job</b>,” he said, <b>his </b>voice tight with barely concealed anger.


    <b>After </b>storming out of Cloud Design, Kyler finally let a trace of <b>pain </b>show on his face. 1.5 million dors! Alice’s looks and figure could easily put her at the top of the sugar mama <b>rankings </b>in showbiz, he thought.


    If someone had offered to be his <b>sugar </b>mama back in the day, he would have agreed in a heartbeat.


    But now, he <b>just </b>curled his lip. Too bad. Ms. Miller’s offer is even better, he thought.


    <b>Kyler </b>quickly collected himself and sent an email to Aubree, giving <b>her </b>a full rundown of what had just <b>transpired</b>.


    To make sure Alice never suspected he was sent by Aubree, the two of them had no direct contact, not even any phone numbers. Theymunicated only through emails, <b>and </b>each message was deleted right after it <b>was </b>sent.


    Aubree replied: [You don’t have to do anything for now, Just let Alice back you into a corner, Soon, the sick mother and gambling–addict father I’ve arranged for you will show up, so be ready.]


    Kyler’s lips twitched. He did have a gambling father <b>and </b><b>a </b>sick mother, but the difference was, they genuinely cared about him and never gave him any grief.


    However, they would trouble his older sister, who’d been sent to live with rtives when he <b>was </b><b>a </b>kid.


    Everything after that yed out exactly as Aubree had nned.


    Alter Kyler’s parents showed up, Kyler, who had been <b>resisting </b>Alice all <b>this </b>time, ended up giving her exactly the leverage she


    needed over him.


    With his mother seriously ill and his father drowning in <b>gambling </b>debts, the weight of it all crushed Kyler. In the end, he cuved and reached out to Alice himself.


    <b>Alice </b>got exactly <b>what </b>she wanted. Kyler, molded just for her by months of training, <b>was </b>the very image of Xander she’d always


    dreamed of. He had her utterly obsessed.


    She was so taken with him that Carmen, usually the apple <b>of </b>her eye, was all but forgotten, tossed to the back of her mind.


    After being brushed off by Alice yet again, Carmen couldn’t help but ask, “What has Mom been so busy withtely?” She frowned. “Could it be <b>that </b>guy fromst time?”


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