As soon as Keira said this, Erin and Jenkins exchanged a look, then both shook their heads.

Keira frowned. "What's the problem?"

Erin shrugged. "Ever since we left the South family, we've only kept in touch in our group chat. We haven't met in person for years!"

She looked over at Jenkins. "You too? Haven't seen her?"

Jenkins nodded.

Erin scoffed, "So, you didn't even see her in person, and just one phone call had you running scared?"

held her gaze. "What

for a moment, her silence enough to tell

in Country A, not by myself but with a team that just kept expanding. The bigger it got, the more

She'd lived through

a diner, waiting tables, back in middle school. When she left the Olsen family, Mrs. Olsen had given her some money to get by, but it was immediately taken by Poppy, who declared Keira unworthy of spending Olsen money. From then on, she'd been on her own. She started with a summer job at that diner. It was rough, but she was smart and a fast learner. She watched the chef work and

her more time to work. High school and college weren't free, and she needed funds just to stay in school and cover living expenses. A year of hard work later, she'd saved about ten thousand dollars—a

when things were looking up, the diner's owner announced he was leaving Oceanion and selling the business. Keira's heart went out to the staff who had been like family to her. And so,

property management business—ventures that helped those at the bottom of the ladder. Each

into the massive N Group, which brought in millions every year. But no matter how big she got, she kept

A, she must have faced the same dilemma—growing a business that became too big to fully control. So when Clownfish threatened to blow up her company if

someone like her, walking away from her own life was unthinkable. But she'd done it for her employees' safety, and that told Keira something about her

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