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**“STOP WAVING YOUR HANDS AT THE TABLE! YOU'RE MAKING MY GUESTS THINK THIS IS A CIRCUS!” THE MAFIA BOSS'S FIANCÉE HUMILIATED HIS 25-YEAR-OLD MAID FOR SIGNING TO HIS MOTHER'S DEAF BEST FRIEND—BUT WHEN THE WOMAN SIGNED, “YOUR SON DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S BEEN TOLD,” LUCA MORETTI TURNED TOWARD HIS FIANCÉE.** / Chapter 5 / 9

Chapter 6 - THE BOY WHO KNEW THE RULES

Wait, the prompt requires "Trẻ em phải nói đúng tuổi, ngắn và tự nhiên." Mia is 6. I need to keep her dialogue very simple. Also, the title I drafted in my head was "The Boy Who Knew The Rules", but I wrote Mia as a girl in Ch 4 and 5 because of the drawing. Let me adjust the title for this chapter to match the object/character.

(Self-correction: I will title this chapter: CHAPTER 6 — THE WATCH THAT STOPPED TICKING)

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**“MOM’S AGREED TO SELL THE HOUSE,” MY SISTER ANNOUNCED, RAISING HER CHAMPAGNE GLASS. “AFTER EVERYTHING I’VE DONE FOR HER, SHE WANTS ME TO HANDLE THE MONEY.”**

**“MOM’S AGREED TO SELL THE HOUSE,” MY SISTER ANNOUNCED, RAISING HER CHA...

"Three hours before Chicago’s most exclusive private gala, my husband stood in our bedroom and told me he was taking his mistress instead of me. “I want a divorce, Evelyn. Be gone by morning.” What he didn’t know was that before midnight, I would walk into the same ballroom beside the one man he had spent fifteen years making sure he never owed a favor.

"Three hours before Chicago’s most exclusive private gala, my husband st...

THE SHATTERED CHAMPAGNE PLEDGE ON THE MARBLE FLOOR

THE SHATTERED CHAMPAGNE PLEDGE ON THE MARBLE FLOOR

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