Chapter 9: Chapter 9 - Aftermath

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Claire Harrington, 44, is the CEO of a London media firm fighting to keep her position after a disastrous quarter. When her sharp, ambitious 26-year-old assistant Ethan Cole overhears damaging information, she makes him a cold, explicit offer: sex in exchange for protection and career advancement. What begins as a strictly transactional arrangement inside locked offices and her Canary Wharf flat quickly escalates. Claire demands total control. Ethan obeys, then begins to push back. As the board starts watching their every closed door, both of them discover the arrangement is no longer only about leverage. It has become something sharper, more dangerous, and impossible to keep clean.

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