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Walking the hot city streets, she is pushed toward an emotional breaking point while passersby watch and document her. In a mirrored glimpse, she suddenly perceives herself as a phoenix—reborn from ashes—shifting her perception from defeat to renewal. A tabloid journalist then follows, intensifying the tension between private recovery and public spectacle.","RIVAL: THE MEN OF MONROE ENTERPRISES  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nBOOK 2  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nSCARLETT ROSS  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright © 2020 by Scarlett Ross All rights reserved.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.  \nCredits:  \nSavannah Richey-Personal assistant work Content editing-Mary Kathryn Billings Copy editing-Velvet Glove Editing Services Formatting: Peachy Keen Author Services  \nCover: GermanCreative  \n Created with Vellum  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nI dedicate this book to all of those who have endured the hardships these uncertain times have brought. We are all standing together and undoubtedly will rise like a phoenix from the ashes to be stronger than ever before.  \nAnd to my mom and son, who helped me dust off the ashes after my rebirth this year. My life is full always because of your love.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nChapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nAcknowledgments  \nAbout the Author  \nAlso by Scarlett Ross  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nWell I've got thick skin and an elastic heart But your blade it might be too sharp I'm like a rubber band until you pull too hard Yeah I may snap and I move fast You won't see me fall apart'Cause I've got an elastic heart~Sia, Elastic Heart  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nC HA PT E R O N E  \nTHE HOT PAVEMENT under my feet feels like ice compared to the boiling in my blood. Standing outside the ivory tower of Monroe Enterprises, where only moments ago I was humiliated and forced to resign due to four men’s web of lies, I want to spontaneously combust and burn the entire block down. Ash raining down from the bright New York skyline while everyone would wonder what had finally made me, Ainslee Agatha Adams, go nuclear. The sting of my tears on my face feels like lava pouring down a mountain. They destroyed me. Everything I fought for over the years … it was all gone in a matter of mere moments. The entire city would be abuzz by tonight, speculating and gossiping over martinis as to what happened to make another Adams take a great fall. The sheer magnitude of it makes me want to run as far as I could from this awful place. But where would I go? How could I look my father in the face and tell him that I failed? No Ainslee. Get yourself together and focus on where you are going in this moment.  \n“Miss Adams?” Grayson looks at me sideways as if he too is wondering if I might explode on the spot. I keep walking and then change direction. I need to head home. I stop. No, I need to go back in there to get my belongings. I turn around but abruptly halt. My mind is whirling in a frenzy of emotion. Pain. Anger. Disbelief. Humiliation. Every emotion has me turning toward the building and back again. I look like I’m demonstrating how to pop lock dance. Pedestrians pass me and stare. One stops to take a photo as if they have discovered a perfect TMZ money opportunity. Maybe they recognize me. Maybe they just see a lost woman on the sidewalk about to have a meltdown of epic proportions. For the first time in my life, I truly  \ndo not give a shit. I do not care if this photograph hits Page Six and Chelsea Manning posts it on every street corner in Manhattan. My face could end up under hundreds of kitty litter boxes, and I wouldn’t bat an eyelash. Feeling the hot sting of tears, I bow my head and prepare to have my all-time most humiliating moment immortalized in media for all of New York to delight in. 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