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Seraphina’s POVThe cheerful atmosphere in the office infected me, and at this moment, I wanted to share my happiness with someone. The first person that came to my mind was Everett.I picked up the phone and dialed Everett’s number.Everett answered after the first ring. "Sera?"A smile tugged at my lips."You remember that half-dead flower you gave me? It’s alive now."His voice on the other end of the line was filled with a cheerful laugh."This is all your doing. You brought it back to life."His words lifted my spirits, and I replied with a half-joking tone, "You're the only one who believes in me enough to leave such a precious plant in my care.""I trust your abilities." Everett's voice paused for a moment on the other end of the line before he spoke again with a smile in his tone. "Just like I trusted you back then, that you could lead CHIHIRO studio through this tough time.""And good news—I’ve signed cooperation with Vanya."My words made Everett fall silent for a moment, th
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Dante’s POV:The murmur of voices at the LLC front desk caught my attention as I stepped out of my office.The receptionist, a bright-eyed woman with impeccably styled hair, held an elegantly wrapped package in her hands.Her nails tapped lightly against the pristine white box adorned with golden ribbons and a small, handwritten card affixed to the top.The scent of fresh paper and something vaguely floral hung in the air.Secretary York stood beside her, his crisp navy suit and ever-composed demeanor unwavering.The receptionist arched a brow and smirked.“Secretary York, is this an apology from your girlfriend?” she teased, tilting the package toward him playfully.York let out a short laugh, shaking his head.“I don’t have a girlfriend.”The receptionist looked at York in disbelief."Don't joke around. It clearly says your name on it. Isn't this a gift for you?""Oh? Let me take a look." Just as York was about to take the gift from the receptionist’s hands, I stepped forward and re
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Seraphina’s POVThe exhibition hall hummed with a steady flow of voices, a murmur of excitement and anticipation under the bright, cascading lights.CHIHIRO Studio was preparing meticulously for the upcoming showcase.The exhibition in collaboration with Vanya Group will be held in a month. Such a large-scale partnership is not just an opportunity but also a bold and innovative attempt.It is also a crucial chance for CHIHIRO Studio to step onto a bigger stage.Months of planning, late-night revisions, and endless discussions were all for a better performance at this exhibition.As a result, a week before the exhibition began, I arrived at the venue to personally oversee every detail of the setup, striving for a perfect presentation.My heels clicked against the polished floor as I moved through the organized chaos, scanning the booths.Wooden crates were being unpacked, metal structures secured, and designers adjusted the lighting.The air carried the scent of fresh paint and crisp p
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Seraphina’s POV"So you're here, Everett. I've been looking for you for a long time."Ms. Jian emerged from the booth, her elegant silk dress swaying slightly .Her dark almond eyes held a knowing glint as they settled on Everett, who stood beside me with an easy yet imposing presence.She extended her hand toward Everett with a smirk."I originally planned to finish the meeting and come here with you to take a look. But then I found you had already disappeared—now I finally know where you went."Everett’s lips curved into a warm, teasing smile."I heard your people roped Sylvaine in as a hard laborer. She hasn’t replied to my messages for a week, so I got a little worried and couldn’t wait to see her."Hearing his words, a hint of embarrassment appeared on my face.Clearly, it was Everett who told her he was busy this week.I turned my gaze toward him, but his expression remained as composed as ever—those piercing ocean blue eyes studying me with an unreadable depth.He continued, ti
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Seraphina’s POVI never replied to Everett's words that day.The weight of his statement still lingered in my mind, a quiet, pressing thought I couldn't shake. Deception wasn’t in my nature, and the idea of handing someone a blank check without limits felt foreign—dangerous, even. But there was no time to dwell on that now.The exhibition was set to proceed as scheduled in a week, and every moment leading up to it was consumed with relentless planning and coordination. The venue buzzed with controlled chaos—assistants moving swiftly, double-checking arrangements, the hum of conversations blending into the occasional clatter of setting up displays. I moved through it all with purpose, ensuring every detail was perfected. My heels clicked against the marble floor as I strode past the booths, my deep emerald dress flowing behind me, the structured cut emphasizing my tall, poised frame. My dark hair was pinned back into a sleek twist, a few loose strands framing my face, which I knew look
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Seraphina’s POV The words were a shot fired across polished marble and glass, sharp enough to pierce the ambient hum of champagne flutes and polite chatter.For half a second, I wondered if I imagined it.But no—eyes turned, all at once, toward me on the stage. Conversations stuttered. Gasps echoed like scattered pearls across the gallery hall.My blood stilled.The lights of the media cameras swiveled toward my face, catching the glint of tension in my eyes. The man who had shouted was nowhere in sight. I scanned the crowd quickly, but he’d vanished—slipped into the sea of designer tuxedos and glittering gowns like he’d never been there at all.Planted.Deliberate.My gaze snapped toward my team, stationed off-stage near the CHIHIRO booth—pristine white panels with our signature blush gold logo shining under soft illumination. I caught Mira’s eyes—our studio manager—and gave her the smallest of nods.Without needing another word, she understood. She whispered something to the neares
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Dante’s POVI stood in the middle of a storm I hadn't seen coming.She was supposed to be my wife. But if she was Calliope, why didn’t she even mention her perfume business in years.Suddenly a memory flashed before my eyes. The day Calliope cooked expired sardines for me. She was talking to someone about some perfume. Mentioning how she wanted a chemical free soft fragrance. It was the day she left the divorce papers on the table that I never signed. I had to coax her back home from the restaurant where she was waiting in a golden revenge dress. She hadn’t been the same since then. And her choice in perfume had changed terribly. The girl with eyes full of quiet fire and hands that had once pulled me back from the edge of unconsciousness–Calliope wasn't that same girl anymore. But the girl I’m just seeing now, Seraphina, why do I feel that it was her? Something is wrong—no, everything is wrong.The girl whose name had haunted me for years—and now stood right in front of me.Seraphina,
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Seraphina’s POVIt was the summer of jasmine and glass.The windows of the CHIHIRO flagship store shimmered under the golden Florence sun, etched with the elegant strokes of our newest fragrance—HER. The name had once been a whisper of a memory, a secret I poured into amber bottles. Now, it was a statement, a reclamation.HER had become a global phenomenon, sold out in Paris, worshipped in Tokyo, and dissected in New York editorials. Critics called it a perfume born of pain and persistence. Maybe they were right. Now me and my team are working on our next launch, Renaissance—that will hold soft and elegant notes for every fighter, who started afresh. Just like me. But this time, I wasn't running errands to collaborate with any company for the launch, I was doing it all independently.I stood on the rooftop of our Florence office, overlooking the Duomo, my fingers curled around a glass of chilled rosé. The same roof where we once watched the sunset during our college days—when dreams w
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Everett’s POVLove isn’t always loud. Sometimes it sits in silence, right beside you, quietly hoping you’ll be seen. That’s how it had always been between Seraphina and me.I watched her from the other side of the penthouse lounge, where she stood bathed in early morning light, speaking softly on the phone. Her voice was low, concerned. Probably discussing the fallout from Calliope’s arrest, or maybe the private investigators still searching for Drusen.She didn’t notice me watching. She never really did—not in the way I had once dreamed she would.I’d known her since we were kids. I was the boy who held her books, who chased away her nightmares, who stayed when everyone else left. I loved her long before she ever looked at Dante Laurent. But when she did look at him—God, the way she looked at him—it was like gravity had shifted, and suddenly I was the outsider.I had always thought time would fix it. That Dante’s mistakes would turn her heart toward me. And for a while, when she lef
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Seraphina’s POVThe flashing lights of the police cars painted the night in red and blue, like the world had been sliced open and left bleeding.I stood just outside CHIHIRO’s glass doors, heart pounding as the building buzzed with tension. Officers moved inside with urgency. Crime scene tape stretched across the lobby.And there, handcuffed and fuming, was Calliope.“Don’t touch me!” she shrieked at one of the officers, struggling against their grip. Her perfect hair was a mess, mascara streaking down her face. “You don’t understand! I was framed!”But no one believed her. Not this time.Earlier that night, CHIHIRO’s alarm had blared through the empty halls. I had rushed over, heart slamming in my chest, only to find shattered glass and scattered product samples. My sanctuary was vandalized.Calliope had finally snapped.Security footage showed her breaking in, frantic, almost unhinged. She’d smashed displays, tore files, and was frantically attempting to download proprietary data on
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Dante’s POVCalliope's perfume still lingered in the hallway long after she slammed the door shut behind her.She was always dramatic like that. Storming in like she owned the place. Drenched in desperation and Chanel No. 5. Dressed to seduce, lying through perfectly red-painted lips.But this time, I didn’t flinch. This time, I saw her clearly—too clearly.I closed the door quietly behind her and leaned against it, exhaling a breath I hadn’t realized I was holding.The silence in the penthouse was deafening.I walked over to the minibar and poured myself a drink—neat bourbon. The sting felt earned.Drusen. That bastard. The minute my legal team uncovered his connection to the tampering of CHIHIRO’s rig, I knew there was more rot buried underneath the surface. And surprise—he wasn’t just involved. He was the damn architect.An illegitimate Laurent. He wore the name like armor, but he was never cut from the same cloth. He clawed his way into the company with fake smiles and boardroom s
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Calliope’s POVI threw the glass across the room. It shattered like my plans—beautiful in destruction, worthless in what it left behind. My phone buzzed again, Drusen’s name glowing across the screen like a threat."Answer me, Calliope. We need to talk. Now."I didn’t want to see him. Not now. Not ever. But I had to. I needed to be sure we weren’t being watched. That the little empire we built on lies and secrets hadn’t collapsed yet. So I grabbed my coat, slid into stilettos that felt like armor, and made my way to his apartment.He opened the door shirtless, smug. Like he hadn’t orchestrated the sabotage of my sister’s company. Like he wasn’t one wrong whisper away from a federal charge.“Where the hell have you been?” I demanded, shoving past him.Drusen shut the door and leaned against it. “Managing fallout. You know, cleaning up your mess.”“My mess?” I laughed bitterly. “You were the one who brought Owen into this. You were the one who planted the device under the rig!”He arch
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Seraphina’s POVThe sky outside my office window churned with storm clouds, a mirror to the chaos brewing in my chest. The file from Vanya’s security team still lay open on the glass table in front of me, the grainy photo of Owen—the man from Calliope’s past—burning into my memory like a curse.I shut the folder and drew in a breath, pressing my palms flat against the cool surface of the table. My company couldn’t see this unravel me. CHIHIRO had fought too hard to rise. I couldn’t let scandal pollute the fragrance we’d spent years perfecting. I couldn’t let anyone know that my own bloodline was poisoning the roots.So I stood, spine straight, chin high, and walked out to the production floor.“Postpone the press release,” I told Mira, my head of communications. “We’re revising our statement.”She blinked, surprised. “Is something wrong?”“No,” I said, too quickly. “Just perfectionism.”The lie tasted bitter, but it did the job.Back in my office, Dante waited. He stood by the window
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Seraphina’s POVThe rain came early. A thin veil brushing over my windows like whispered warnings.I stood in the center of my living room, the scent of lavender incense wafting around me, trying—failing—to calm the war inside my chest. CHIHIRO Studio had weathered storms before. We had stood against market crashes, supplier betrayals, aggressive takeovers. But this... this was personal.The envelope still sat on my coffee table, opened and crumpled slightly from how tightly I'd held it last night. He's coming.It kept me up. It had bled into every decision I made this morning. Into every email I wrote. Every PR strategy I reworded.I didn’t tell Everett. He had given me the space I asked for. The silence between us wasn’t cold—it was reverent. I knew he loved me. And I loved him too, just not in the way he wanted. Not in the way that could match the ache behind his eyes every time he looked at me and tried to smile.I needed answers. Closure. Peace. Something I could only get from t
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Seraphina’s POVI hadn’t slept.My phone buzzed with unanswered calls. Notifications stacked like a digital scream. Media outlets wanted statements. Answers about the incident. About my relation with Dante. Gossip blogs were already feeding off the scent of scandal. One article speculated a "secret rivalry" between CHIHIRO and Vanya. Another questioned my loyalty to the brand I had built from scratch.All because of a single shout in the dark.And the incident.And Dante.His face had burned itself into the back of my eyes the moment he caught the falling rig. The moment he looked at me like I was a ghost.Calliope.I could still hear the name on his lips.Wrong name. Wrong woman. But the right pain.Everett had driven me home in silence. He hadn’t pried. He never did. He sat beside me like a monument to patience, though I could feel the turmoil in him with every glance he stole. He loved me. He had always loved me, quietly, devotedly. And I—I couldn’t give him anything more than fr
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Dante’s POVI stood in the middle of a storm I hadn't seen coming.She was supposed to be my wife. But if she was Calliope, why didn’t she even mention her perfume business in years.Suddenly a memory flashed before my eyes. The day Calliope cooked expired sardines for me. She was talking to someone about some perfume. Mentioning how she wanted a chemical free soft fragrance. It was the day she left the divorce papers on the table that I never signed. I had to coax her back home from the restaurant where she was waiting in a golden revenge dress. She hadn’t been the same since then. And her choice in perfume had changed terribly. The girl with eyes full of quiet fire and hands that had once pulled me back from the edge of unconsciousness–Calliope wasn't that same girl anymore. But the girl I’m just seeing now, Seraphina, why do I feel that it was her? Something is wrong—no, everything is wrong.The girl whose name had haunted me for years—and now stood right in front of me.Seraphina,
