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ADELINE’S POV

I stared at the paper in front of me. The numbers seemed surreal, almost too good to be true. One hundred million dollars.

That’s how much they were offering for this campaign. All I had to do was sign. But the problem was that I had to do it with Xander.

After turning down every single brand asking to partner with Xander, I thought they will let me be instead the deals kept coming and they offered more money instead.

The truth was I didn’t want to be within a hundred meters radius as him, let alone work closely with him on a project. But the deal was good. Too good even. The visibility, the money, the opportunities that would come from it; it was a dream come true for my business.

I thought of Sasha and how furious she’d be if I ever agreed to this and instead of wanting to refuse it the deal became even more tempting.

She had called me several times to help her after the failed engagement but I knew better than that now, knowing who she is she’d make sure to turn t