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CompletedThe Price of a Perfect Lie
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- Hei Baidong
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Gregory Thompson’s televised remorse persuades his wife to believe his promises after an affair and hidden son. At a gala, she overhears him and Holly mocking that trust and planning to take the fortune.
Public tenderness becomes another layer of manipulation as he demands she keep smiling. Once the event ends, she quietly books a flight away, choosing escape from the performance she now understands.
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