A little girl in a billionaire’s office innocently asks him to be her dad—unaware her words are about to uncover a truth that changes everything

the company from a failing regional firm into an international operation worth more than most people could usefully imagine, and he ran it with a precision that left no room for warmth. He wasn’t cruel, exactly. He was just — absent of softness. People didn’t dislike him so much as they were afraid of him in the way you’re afraid of weather.

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