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Mehar Ali knows a thing or two about wounds. She's got her own collection, courtesy of the men who were supposed to protect her and didn't. She rebuilt herself from scratch, on her own terms, with her own hands. She doesn't need anyone. Especially not some arrogant, overbearing, too-fine-for-his-own-good CEO who thinks the world bends when he tells it to.

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