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ring glass doors parted, swallowing me into a world of polished marblefloors, crisp suits and clip
they greeted me. i smilled back as i made my way th
ls clicking against the the tiled floors. My phone buzzed in my purse and my heart skipped a beat. I didn't
t make it through the morning without breaking. Ins
ome
ek desk, dark suit, his expression hardened and his gaze
ched
he itinerary, al
the gala tonight at seven.I moved the confer
rough the page
led something w
zed. ''They double-booked
g stare shook me up a bit. Something unreadabale flickere
Fin
hen i let out a
lasted over a year working for him. I didn't flinch a muscle when he barked, didn't bat an eyelash when he starts throwing tantrums about incompete
--
stroom and locked the door to the cu
't forget whose money pulled your family out of the
hone and pressed my head against t
nsaction made years ago. My parents had been drowning in debt and Marcus Lan
nyways. Behind closed doors, words were weapons and sometime
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corners, champagne flowing in every direction. I stood by the bar, clipboard in hand, m
sation with the investors, yet every now and t
very often i smiled. I turned to look at Sebastian and found him gazing at me fully, his brow slighly raised. I stared
oard. I slipped my phone out from underneath. I turned sha
newall behind the building, hidden in the shadows
ed a voicemail, f
assistant, all dressed for who? When you get home we'
ing, i pushed myself away from the wall an
tears came. Footsteps behind me made me spin. I froze. I spun around and was saring
have fo
ld out my phone. The voic
ther. He didn't say a word, he just listened, staring at me
whispered, reach
s noth
and it over
an... He'
at. Silence stretched between us. Only the distant
e phone. ''You don't deserve
ared down at my phaon
sure
up and he just stood there, something unreadable in his
n't offer comfort, but h
ehow comf
ook notes, blended in. I knew Sebastian didn't see me the same anymore. I c

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