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    If she said no to the man now, all of that would happen anyway. She wasn’t strong enough to face Ste and William alone.


    After a long silence, she finally spoke, her voice rough but steady. “What do you want me to do?”


    The man’s smile grew wider. “Help us get the Carter family’s internal documents, and when the timees, lure William into our trap.”


    As he went on, Nina’s eyes widened in shock.


    She could tell right away this wasn’t some small-time plot. These people were dangerous—what they were nning was beyond anything she could ever imagine, and even if she did, she’d never have the courage to pull it off on her own.


    Her hands tightened into fists at her sides before she finally said, steady but firm, “Fine, I’ll do it. But you have to make sure Ste pays for what she’s done.”


    She didn’t care anymore about gaining control over the Carter family. All she wanted was for Ste to suffer a hundred times worse than she had.


    “Definitely, Miss Carter, we always keep our promises.”


    When Nina stepped out of the old industrial site, she felt like a different person. The fear that once weighed her down had faded, reced by a strange mix of anticipation and excitement. If life wasn’t going to y fair, she’d change the rules herself.


    Back in her car, she caught her reflection in the rearview mirror. A cold smile crept across her face.


    “Ste, soon you’ll see what someone desperate can do. I hope you can still hold your head high when the timees,” she thought.


    The next morning, Nina signed the lease for a luxury apartment downtown—a fully furnished three-hundred-square-meter ce, ready for her to move in right away.


    Now that she’d agreed to work with Erebus, she couldn’t risk staying in the Carter household any longer. Sooner orter, someone would find out.


    After signing the papers, she drove back home and began packing.


    Lance walked in from his workout and stopped short when he saw her folding clothes into a suitcase.


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    “Are you going somewhere?” he asked, confused.


    He hadn’t brought up what happened at the party two nights ago, assuming it was just a misunderstanding. He didn’t expect her to still be bothered by it.


    Without turning around, Nina said, “Yeah, I’m moving out.”


    Lance froze, caught off guard. “Wait, what? Why? Where are you going?”


    The suddenness of it left him stunned. Why was she really leaving?


    Thinking back to what happened two days ago, Lance let out a long sigh. “Nina, you’re not a child anymore. You can’t keep acting on impulse. What happened wasn’t Ste’s fault. How long are you going to keep holding this grudge?”


    Nina frowned, her irritation showing right away. “If you came here just to defend Ste, don’t bother. I already apologized that day.”


    Another minute in this house and she was going to lose her mind.


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