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I blinked back confusedly, “His shadow? Mom-Wh-where are you getting all these from? I literally have my own company to look after.”

How would I ever be in Damian’s shadow? We don’t intrude in each other’s affairs except I needed his help and he needed mine

But mother just gave me this sarcastic and pitiful look that me feel more uncomfortable than ever.

“Two sons both bearing a powerful name, and yet one thrives powerfully above the other,” she said, as she dabbed her lips with a napkin as if we were discussing something so serious.

“Normally, I would say what one is doing is worth doing well, but no..”

Why was she suddenly talking like that? Damian never for once talked down on me, or acted in a way that made me feel like he was superior.

Besides, I wasn’t even in New York to begin with….

How in the world would I even be in his shadow if I was in a totally different place entirely.

I wasn’t in a competition with Damian, and I never had been. My work, my life- it was m