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Seven-figure contracts.

All because of him.

Austyn was more than just a man at the helm of a vast business empire.

Heaven and earth were moved at his say so.

Kayleigh owed everything she had to him.

He made her.

He could also break her.

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Know Thy Enemy

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Know Thy Enemy

Five years ago, Kayleigh wanted to be a megastar.

Now she was.

But greed was an insatiable monster.

She had been given an inch, and now she wanted the whole yard.

The more time she spent with Austyn, the deeper she fell in love with him.

She idolised the man.

What if their relationship could be taken to the next level? What if the man belonged to her, heart, mind and soul?

But Austyn's question poured cold water on her daydream.

With a start, she realised she'd overstepped the bounds.

Unnerved, she hastened to explain, 'It wasn't me. I didn't ask the paparazzi to take those photos. Someone must have leaked my itinerary..."

In a tremulous voice, she tried to convince Austyn of her innocence.

But his silence, accusatory in her view, was too much to bear.

She burst into tears.

Shaking like a leaf, she could barely stand.

Tears rolled down her cheeks.

She made no effort to wipe them away.

Austyn fr ned imperceptibly.

He too other drag on his cigarette and crushed the butt beneath his heel.

e morning."

It's getting late. You should get some rest. Let your assistant take you to the hospital in the r

He started to move away.

On an impulse, Kayleigh threw her arms around him.

She begged him in a quivering voice. 'Please, could you...could you stay here tonight?"

Austyn extricated himself from her embrace. 'No.'

The curt rejection threw her.

Resentment welled up inside the actress.

Austyn had already moved past her.

She whirled around, bursting with pent-up frustrations What did I do wrong? It's been a year since you stayed the night here!"

She was on top of the world a year ago.

Austin spoiled her gave her everything she wanted, made her a household name.

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Kayleigh had to content herself with being the only woman by his side,

But now, he'd grown more distant.

Weeks could go by before she saw him.

When she called him, their exchanges were often brief, his answers brusque.

Whatever time they did spend together was measured in minutes and filled with one-sided conversations.

He never stayed at her place anymore.

What changed?

Austyn didn't reply.

Kayleigh stood rooted to the spot, watching him leave the apartment without a backward glance.

She didn't know how long she had been standing on the balcony.

The tears on her face had dried.

The chime of the doorbell shook her out of her trance.

She opened the door to a tall, well-built man.

He hustled into the house.

Kayleigh crossed her arms and asked the man, blank-faced, 'Did you find anything?"

I've made some progress," the private investigator said.

He removed a folder from his pocket and showed her the stack of photos inside. These are taken over the past month."

Kayleigh reached out a hand to grab the folder, but the PI stepped back.

"Before that," he said with a calculating gleam in his eyes, 'perhaps we should settle the matter of

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Irritate. Kayleigh stomped into the bedroom and returned with an envelope taken from the safe.

She tossed it to the Pl.

"One hundred thousand dollars,' she scowled. Take it and leave."

The PI took no heed of her attitude.

He gladly received the envelope and appreciated its thickness.

With a smile on his face, more genuine this time, he gave her the folder.

"If you have another job in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me. I'll offer a 10% discount, seeing that you're a repeat customer."

He slipped the envelope into his pocket and slid out of the apartment.

Kayleigh slammed the door shut.

She hurried back into the living room and dumped the photos onto a coffee table.

They were of Austyn and a girl, a fresh-faced twenty-something.

Kayleigh's eyes widened in shock.

She clenched her hands, oblivious to the pain as her sharp nails dug into flesh.

She recognised the villa.

It belonged to Austyn.

Kayleigh had fantasised about becoming the mistress of that place countless times.

But she knew I was just a pipe dream.

Austyn was intensely territorial.

The villa was his private property

Outsiders were denied entry

But he allowed this girl to come and go, and even walked side by side with her.

Kayleigh seethed

The night was chilly, but she was burning up with rage.

She fixed her gaze on the photos.

It was like watching a train wreck.

She didn't want to torture herself by staring, but she just couldn't look away.

It took her a long time to notice a small hand-written note attached to the back of one photo.

The PI had put together a brief profile on the girl.

Name: Kira Hewitt

Age: 21.

Occu

on: university student.

Othe ormation: to be determined.