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"I'm the one who stole the money, Ivy. But I'm not giving it back."

For a second, Ivy was rendered speechless. She needed a moment to wrap her head around Dominic's blunt and short answer. Well, he did say this job would challenge her moral integrity.

"..." Ivy opened and closed her mouth, shrugging. "Okay."

She instinctively looked at Axel when the latter cast her a judgemental look. "What?"

"Nothing."

"Gosh." Ivy massaged her temple, not expecting this 'dirty' secret so soon. "Just to be clear, this isn't the taxpayer's money, right? Because if it is, I would be very amazed that you stole money from the people even before you took your post. I'm being sarcastic."

"It's Hera's," Dominic answered as he stopped again, pushing himself to stand up. He held onto the file and sauntered towards them. He sat down in the armchair and handed her the document.