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    This was the moment Hamilton truly grasped the lethal extent of her financial instincts. Cedric, for all his talents, managed real estate and tangible assets. Dani didn’t just manage wealth—she multiplied it. By leveraging powerful industries with no ties to the McCoy Group, she had amassed a fortune so vast it left Hamilton reeling.


    The unease in Hamilton’s chest felt like a weight pressing down. He nced at Dani and realized he could never allow Cedric’s loyalty to remain with her. What kind of man could ever rein in a woman like that? Certainly not Cedric. If this continued, Cedric would be chewed up and discarded before he even realized what hit him.


    As Hamilton brooded, Alexander approached. “Mr. McCoy.”


    Hamilton didn’t bother to hide his disdain. “Do you really believe someone like you could win Dani over?”


    Hamilton thought bitterly that at least Cedric had the looks. Alexander, with his slick smile, shifty eyes, and overly smooth charm, set off rm bells. If Dani weren’t such a threat, Hamilton wouldn’t have let him anywhere near her.


    Alexander’s gaze flicked toward Dani as he spoke under his breath, “She’s gotten far too bold. Don’t you think some unconventional methods might be necessary?”


    The insinuation turned Hamilton’s stomach. “You think using dirty tactics makes you clever? If anyone ever found out I was involved in that filth, I’d be the joke of the century. Save your strategy. I could pick any fool off the street to do better—at least they’d know how to charm a woman withouting across as a creep.”


    Ruthless as his words were, they weren’t wrong. Alexander’s lips thinned, frustration simmering beneath hisposed exterior. “Then tell me what I’m supposed to do.”


    Hamilton leaned back, eyes narrowing with cold calction. “Women don’t chase cheap thrills. It’s not about power or wealth—they pursue what feels real. Give her something that touches her heart just once, and she’ll cling to it like it’s everything. That means more than sleeping with her a hundred times.”


    Alexander absorbed that advice like a blow. His entire demeanor shifted as he considered the possibility that he’d been fumbling all along—mistaking pressure for persuasion, brute force for genuine connection. No wonder Dani despised him.


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    As the pieces fell into ce, Alexander felt something unexpected flicker in his eyes—a reluctant respect as he nced at Hamilton. Of course. Winning a woman over had nothing to do with lust; it was about reverence. True power came from earning her trust and fascination, not through force.


    If he could achieve that, Dani would revert to the version of herself who once clung to him desperately—the woman who stayed even when he treated her as if she didn’t matter.


    Just imagining it brought a crooked grin to Alexander’s face.


    “Then tell me: how do I make Dani’s heart beat for me again?”


    Hamilton shot Alexander a disdainful nce and scoffed. “Fix that face of yours first. Just looking at you makes me queasy.”


    Without another word, he grabbed Alexander’s arm and steered him away.


    Carol leaned toward Dani. “I swear, Hamilton’s cooking up some shady scheme again.”


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