called Tiesto. He had just fi

s it?"

. "The security guard told me this morning that I need to

ed slightly."Javi, take

erling had added her as a contact. Moments af

the apartment to act

a family's lifetime savings. This one was ninety-nine square meters-just over a

at the docum

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have a big mortgage every month, right? I

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a respo

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ned to rent anyway, so she made a men

rtificate, registering her electric bike an

ment, she flipped

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was pit

ked her head out. "Everything

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ang almost

lities, parking, anything else," Tiesto said calmly. "S

y in his tone made her smile wryly. If she'd done t

ulling out a notebook and car

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s, confirming parking access, and l

er the past two days it was clear the CEO wasn't entirely please

. "If she needs anything, she contacts you. Yo

ces, constant visibility. Personal matters didn't belong there. Javi s

her list, the apartme

ted, parking approved, fees auto-paid. Tiest

ontact Javi," his message read, f

lla replied

ion our marriag

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need to contact

mart meters, rendering the old access cod

ally handled these things-but now it f

ed access codes.

a call with an overseas investor. He didn't

ould be quicker to de

by the apar

ched. "Ms. Hart, I brought

g all this way," Ella s

replied. "Let me know if

across the st

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llowed

by-far too conspicuous. If anyone re

Javi said smoothly, shi

a white SUV pulled up. A young woman in

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avi suggest

said. "You already

tractio

latte, the white SUV was gone. She waved go

ll ended mo

usly, he glanced

softly as she said goodbye to Javi. T

in his che

w, effortless and bright, caught him completely off guard. T

ze lin

urned to

door

shifted to h

m... close,"

pine. That edge in his vo

"the smart meter needed updating. I h

only gre

said

tension

cautious. He'd assumed Tiesto was indif

been

d quietly, unexpectedly, over somet

n lea

avi would never again allow Ella to get

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