Chapter 107

Dominic's casual "thank you" clearly hit the right note-Grace didn't even hide the satisfied little smirk that slipped out once the call ended. "He's still so easy to deal with," she muttered to herself, lips curling up. There was something about Dominic's gentleness with women-it wasn't fake charm, it felt real, natural, like it was woven into his bones. He had that aloof look from a distance, but get close enough, and you'd see how warm he actually was. That was exactly why Grace had fallen for him back then. But... He'd been broke. When they were still students, life was simple, and money troubles didn't really exist. But once they graduated and stepped into the real world, everything changed. Grace, always better at networking, landed an internship at a firm under Savelier even before graduation. She was already brushing shoulders with people from the upper crust, and life was starting to feel very different from those campus days. The longer she stayed in that world, the harder it