This chapter is dedicated to Tammie_Gonzales. Thanks for the golden ticket.
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Claudia Blackwood had always known how to manipulate her way out of trouble. From the moment she could speak, she had learned that lies, when spoken with enough conviction, could become reality. It had worked for her before. It had worked on her father, on her mother, and even on Harlow. But today, something was different.
She was losing control.
For the first time, her tricks weren't working. Gus and the other employees weren't falling for her fabricated receipts and smooth-talking excuses. They weren't intimidated by her threats.
They weren't afraid of her at all.
Embezzling funds from her father's company to pay her debt and blaming Harlow for it has been a norm for Claudia. And now, she thought she could still do the same with the Hamilton's company.
She had no idea Gus or the other employees would keep an eye on her.
