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𝘐 𝘓𝘐𝘝𝘌𝘌𝘌𝘌𝘌𝘌𝘌𝘌! 

𝘈𝘗𝘖𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘐𝘌𝘚 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘋𝘐𝘚𝘈𝘗𝘗𝘌𝘈𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘚𝘖 𝘚𝘜𝘋𝘋𝘌𝘕𝘓𝘠. 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘉𝘜𝘛𝘛𝘛𝘛𝘛𝘛 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦! 𝘔𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳-𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 :) 𝘫𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘺'𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.
𝘚 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵.

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𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧...

𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑴𝑷𝑨𝑮𝑵𝑬 𝑩𝑶𝑻𝑻𝑳𝑬 𝑬𝑿𝑷𝑳𝑶𝑫𝑬𝑫 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈. The impact wasn't enough to smother the fury burning in my chest, wasn't enough to silence the betrayal laced in every fucking word of that contract.

"Fanculo!" I spat in Italian, shoving back from the table. [Fuck off] The neatly stacked documents—contracts, legalities, bullshit—were sent flying as I swiped them aside.

The Yamaguchi board meeting had ended, leaving behind nothing but their fucking audacity and a goddamn insult dressed in business formal. 

Takashi.

That scheming little shit played me like a goddamn violin. I could already see his smug fucking face, probably laughing his ass off somewhere, knowing damn well he pulled one over on me.