already empty. From the garden below came the sound of Cody's shrill laughter and Juli

rolled down her jawline, replacing the lingering exhaustion in her eyes with cold clar

rophy wife living off a Montgomery trust fund. In reality, she was a top AI prodigy from Stanford Univers

ree rounds of rigorous, anonymous peer reviews, the editor-in-chief had held the journal's prestigious special issue cover open, waiting only for her final benchmark convergence data. Only the concluding proofs remained. Once submitted under her pen name, Cathy Yan, this camera-r

chair with a silver spoon. Across the table, Christa wore a fitted silk loungewear s

e spoon and looked

see why Madam hasn't com

. A flash of jealousy darkened her eyes before

with me? Does she blame Cody and m

d a warm, con

e and generous. She wouldn't get

around as she spoke

she come down yet? She clearly refus

rowed slightly, h

sn't tha

knuckles turned white. Allie, Allie, Allie. Had that b

d the manuscript under the name "Cathy Yan" to the journal's system. She pushed open the f

s ready. Sir asked

As she reached the bottom landing, Julian was picking up his briefcase to leave for the office. Chr

lian. Shall I fix

lian said, sm

the stairs and beckoned to her wit

come fix

lie's eyes. Did he think s

h hurts. I feel n

lled out a chair. Maria quickly served her a warm bowl of pumpkin millet porridge. Allie

rowing a harmless tantrum. In his mind, Allie had been infatuated with him since high school; her jealou

ullinan. He now held absolute power over the Montgomery empire. Christa bit her lip in regret-if sh

ing th

t right behind her, makin