Dark Lord Seduction System: Taming Wives, Daughters, Aunts, and CEOs novel Chapter 634

Chapter 634: Paris Gambit: Journey of Teenage god to Paris

I didn’t answer right away. The city roared softly below us, indifferent to moral debates.

"It’s better," I said finally. "Not perfect. Not pure. But better. And better matters in a world that rarely offers clean choices."

She held my gaze, searching, then nodded slowly.

"Spoken like someone who understands systems," she said. "And the cost of pretending they don’t exist."

"Yes," I said immediately. "Because they choose it. They can leave anytime. That’s not a cage—that’s employment."

The word immediately wasn’t accidental. It came out clean, unhesitating, the kind of answer you give when you’ve already had this argument in your head a hundred times and buried the counterpoints in shallow graves.

"Employment where the product is themselves." Her tone wasn’t accusatory. It was surgical. Catherine didn’t argue like most people. She placed ideas on the table and watched to see what bled.

"Every job is selling yourself. The construction worker sells his body’s labor. The teacher sells her knowledge and time. The CEO sells his decision-making ability. We’re all commodifying ourselves.

The only difference is who pretends they aren’t, how much they’re paid, and how much control they get."

Catherine didn’t interrupt. She studied me the way investors study a pitch they didn’t expect to hear from someone this young. Not hungry. Not amused. Not predatory. Analytical. Like she was trying to reconcile two incompatible datasets: my age and my answers.

"You’re seventeen."

"Today, yeah."

"And you talk like someone who’s lived three lifetimes."

I shrugged. "I see things differently."

"Clearly."

She turned fully to face me, leaning against the railing, hips swaying, thighs parting slightly. The city below hummed, oblivious. Millions of people living small, private tragedies while we debated philosophy above them with champagne breath and too much money.

"Which is why I need to ask you something. A favor really."

The word landed heavier than it should have. Catherine didn’t ask for favors. She made offers. She negotiated outcomes. A favor meant uncertainty.

I waited, cock twitching, heat building, my mind already racing through scenarios I didn’t trust myself to name.

"Two months ago," she began, voice low, breath warm against the night air, "something incredible happened. One of my clients—older gentleman, very wealthy, very connected in fashion—was so satisfied with one of our models that he did something unprecedented. He recommended Meridian Elite to the Paris Fashion Week organizing committee."

That earned a reaction before I could stop it. My eyebrows rose.

"Paris Fashion Week."

"Not just any show," Catherine continued, excitement creeping into her voice despite her attempt at control, nipples straining under emerald silk. "The evaluation for preferred agency status during Paris Fashion Week. It works in stages—and everything happens in Paris. It’s almost a three-month commitment."

Paris. The word alone carried weight. Not romance. Not croissants and postcards. Power. Gatekeeping.

Old money deciding who was allowed to matter.

She turned to face me fully, and I watched her shift gears.

This was Catherine in her natural habitat. Empire-builder. Survivor. Predator with a conscience.

"First stage starts in November. Fifty agencies from around the world arrive in Paris and present their models to the organizing committee. But it’s not just a one-time presentation—it’s ongoing evaluation throughout November and December.

"Portfolio reviews, live runway sessions, interviews, observations of how models work with different designers during test fittings. The committee watches everything. At the end of December, they narrow it down to ten agencies for their preferred vendor list."

"And that’s where you need to be."

"That’s where we need to be," she confirmed, pulse racing under her skin. "Because once you’re on that list, everything changes. Fashion houses don’t hire models directly—they book through agencies. When Chanel needs three male models for their show, they call the agencies on the preferred list first. Same with Dior, Valentino, Givenchy, all of them."

She wasn’t pitching anymore. She was mapping a battlefield.

I nodded, understanding the structure. It was familiar. Different industry. Same hierarchy. Same choke points.

"So Meridian Elite is the contractor. Your models are contracted to you. The fashion houses book through you, pay you, and you pay us."

"Exactly. I take a percentage, handle all logistics, negotiate rates, manage relationships with the houses. The models focus on their work, I handle the business."

She smiled slightly, lips wet. "It’s why agencies exist. Individual models don’t have the leverage or connections to negotiate with houses like Chanel. But an agency with a roster of talent? That has power."

"And then the actual shows."

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