— Mr. Labbe thought he was far better than young men.

In fact, they couldn’t compete with him.

He had status, money, power, and influence.

Young men, unless they were born into wealthy families, couldn’t match what he had.

Even many rich heirs didn’t have his level of power.

“I'm really busy right now and can't visit.

I do miss you a bit, though,” he said.

“I won't be able to visit during the New Year.

I have a lot of events to attend, and I need to be with my family.

My wife doesn’t care much about me most of the time, but during the holidays, she expects me to be with her for family gatherings.

You understand, right?” Carrie knew he was married with kids.

He never hid it from her.

sure if he still loved his

they didn’t have feelings for each other,

never let any other woman take his wife’s place, nor

already had grown children, and they had been

done something about his wife, but for now, they were part of what made his wife

felt a

Mr. Labbe provided for her made her

neck and torturing her in bed—Carrie worried she might have

when will you come?” Carrie asked softly, sensing his

from a woman can be very

“It’s hard to say.

have

why don’t you gather a few friends and take a trip? Or attend some upper-class events in Wiltspoon and make new connections.”

when you're free,” Carrie said

sweet-talked her a bit, promising to send her

Carrie was pleased.

Carrie let

after, she got a notification from the bank—$500,000 had been deposited into

Labbe had sent it for her to

at the bank message and her account balance, Carrie realized

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