Damien unfurled a pristine sheet of fine paper onto his desk. Arms crossed, he stared intensely at the blank page, contemplating the most effective strategy to address the issue at hand. At the center of this vast white expanse was Chloe Verdier, a woman who seemed to have rooted herself so deeply in his heart that the extent of her influence over him seemed immeasurable.
Damien swallowed hard, considering the most effective way to claim her. As the most powerful man in the realm, nothing was beyond his grasp, yet his pride would never allow him to gain her affections by force. No, he must devise a way for Chloe Verdier to seek him out willingly.
“Could this be the only way?” Damien murmured to himself, frowning. It was finally time to face a matter he had long put off. His eyes drifted to a neatly stacked pile of documents at one corner of his desk. These papers, organized with meticulous care by Weiss, contained every detail concerning the children he had fathered with Chloe.
