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

A, not by myself but with a team that just kept expanding. The bigger

in understanding. She'd lived through

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

in school and cover living expenses. A year of hard work later, she'd saved about ten thousand dollars—a safety net she intended to use to support herself through school. But academics came easily to her. While others struggled, she found that studying took hardly any time, leaving her more hours to work. As a result, her

and selling the business. Keira's heart went out to

courier company, then a property management business—ventures that helped those

came the empire she built, growing into the massive N Group, which brought in millions every year. But no matter how big she got, she kept that first diner

In Country 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 she didn't leave, she hadn't had much

But she'd done it for her employees' safety, and that told Keira something about her character. It was

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