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but for Tiesto, meals were functional-just fuel for the day. He preferred the main

knew they couldn't act freely around him. He picked his food and

n lunch. A young manager

n did you start

ing someon

day getting coffee with a girl. People

ed in. "Yeah! And he

could manage a girl lik

re we going to meet her? Did you mee

ing gaze he'd felt yesterday-Tiesto's-was on hi

quickly, trying to sound casual. "We

harp tug of anxiety in his chest-he'd underestimated how

. "Not your girlfriend? Fine. Just

owly, relief wa

fast, he said: "My 'friend' is married and has a good husband. How

looked dis

aw Tiesto quietly

Sterl

esto, and everyone returned to th

the business department's projects. This month, e

veryone had to

rtment, immediately stopped smiling. T

lit a mental c

.

am Sterling-Tiesto's gr

d her coughing. Normally, he'd

to bring her here after the wedding. Are you tak

isn't a good t

-I've seen more of life than you've even dreamed. Ella is wife m

silent, lett

swer me!" s

andma... would you rather we rush and break up i

ffed, then relented. "Fine. Focus on you

witched into th

ving together? How can feelings grow if

ration never m

vening, Tiesto

the car rea

pecting that he wouldn'

iesto instructed, "Tak

od. It was unexpected, ye

... should I

I'll need a ri

out Ella, yet they were married but not living togeth

plex, rain began to drizzle. Weather c

ied laundry and draped it over the living room furn

he sofa, and queued up a thriller. The weather was perfect f

nd rang the door

her-stil

d his eyes. In this weath

code and entered it;

ream and sinister laughter filled t

g the mop with ease. Simultaneo

scr

her bathrobe slipping, revealing smooth, pale skin. Her

's apple

ized it was Tiesto-not a stranger, not an intr

his eyes had lingered and pa

re!" she exclaimed, half-annoyed. "I

y at the apartment, she'd been dre

wer, and no one answe

atching a movie." She quickly t

ason you're he

me. Do I ne

onto the sofa, and casually sca

d the apartmen

t confidence-there was nothing for him to criticize. S

er eyes

t skippe

rying rack earlier because of the r

's eyes landed

in the air from the AC-impossibl

bottle of water and set it in front of him. "Mr. Sterling..

d up the garments and bolted to her

she swore silently: 'Never again will I t

as he watched her flustered retreat. He lift

rged in modest loungewear,

here tonight?" she asked, her t

N

cape him. She'd been worried

my grandmother," he added casually. "T

rfectly. Elders loved to pres

ed a few photos of th

d lowered, lost in thought, he said, "C

-ok

diately c

o keep the elders from worrying,

ing what had just happened earli

e expressionless, the other awkward. They didn't

e," h

ed a poli

ifully, and the faint fullness beneath

ulder and quickly captured a few shots

la immediately stepped awa

m his touch felt almost too intense. She

tonight was something she d

he wished the floor woul

Tiesto noticed the fain

d on empty air. He watched Ella move away from

ay. "I told you I won't move back in

to decide. Just... next time you plan

M

orm. "If it's inconvenient for you to

was technicall

ly come to complete his

intention

idn't

she frowned slightly. Wh

ed to ope

tood o

Knowing he was Tiesto's friend-and that Tiesto was h

expressio

m, she looked gua

ked at Javi, she

felt much more at

cell in Javi's body was

don't be this

was basic

as practically

or President Sterling... and take

ent Ste

just joking," Javi

n I won't keep you. The rain

t you," Javi quickly redirected all

d past Ella a

after him. This man had

for absolut

ne, she finally let o

hought about what had happene

a nig