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• Her heart raced as she hurried home, her eyes welling with tears. She struggled to focus on driving as Bryan's words echoed in her mind. What she had with Mr. Phill was meant to be a secret. She had given in to his advances when he first showed interest during a business meeting with Hopper, hoping he would eventually help establish her. But in the end, he played her like a toy.
• Bryan exposing her affair to the Jing family would ruin her, throwing her back to the streets from where she came. She knew she had to stop him, but she didn’t know how.
• She arrived home quickly and collapsed onto her bed. Her head felt hot, and the room seemed too small for her. Luckily, Hopper wasn’t around to witness her panic, so she had the space to herself—maybe for an hour or two.