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a's

I whispered, smiling at the saleswoman. "My boyfriend just got

oking at me, eyes already drifting to the

n working so hard for this. I can't wait to s

e, still not meeting m

carefully on the counter. I took the black bag an

work clothes-blazer, skirt, the us

the rideshare app

s! Your bookin

taway – check

the little vacation house the second Sean t

feel his arms

ed me at the company buil

d out, waving a coffee cup like a flag. "You

called back, already turn

beside me for a few paces. "Save me a seat at lunch if you're fr

and we parted wi

ears had just posted new photos of t

you?" I kept scrolling unti

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much hyp

seeing his fa

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my eyes gleamed the m

looked d

he right places, that hal

ow sound he made against my neck when he pulled me closer. One

or fle

een waiting for your opening speech for ten minutes." Her gaze dropped to the blac

now. Your Sean is on a live inter

fore my mind cou

n the wall glowing with the broadcast. I felt the shift the moment I walked i

rgan, Sean Ferra

aighter, my heart po

he was made for this, and there-there- spinning lazily between his f

ightened w

ear's advance from my

he keys on his twenty-fifth birthday was

rward, her lips stretching into a flirtatious sm

ut, moistening his lips in that se

ad slightly to face the ca

le's gaze on me as

ahead-and I let myself bask in it, in the warm gl

t there's a special someone.

Everyone was staring at me, probably waiting to cl

ing in his tone made the smile free

ngers and the red lingerie

ght of every eye stare at me, eagerly

I chuckled, and everyone nodded, chattering live

ll," someone muttered from the

d and focused

delivery, waiting for everyon

ised an eyebrow. "Her social media

shit." Sean shrugged, like he was talking about a probl

ould hear the fluorescent

y wrist. "Sean...that

e screen, my palms shaking as my brain s

s smiling now-that smile, the one he reserved on

just stepped out of a magazine. She was extremel

, pulled her closer and kissed her in front

lunch room turn towards my fac

ed my

ened, my heart racing so fast I

rdroom. Miss Morgan to

up the lingerie, as if whoever was behind it had s

droom door. I pressed them flat against my thighs, m

d the d

I recognized from Legal but didn't know by name, and a fourth per

ill running. Sean's voice filled the room b

hs now," Sean said, his gaze fixed on her

sion off without looking at it, like she had been wa

lmly, leaning forward in h

moment till I fin

t transfer of funds." She open

tly into yours." One of the men

d. No... he would

s Mo

S MO

ack to reality. I blinked and suddenly the room was very bri

d it across the desk towards me. "You have been embezzl

ezz

beat as the words l

e came out lo

hout blinking. "Transferred into your account, wit

exact amount I collected as

fog burning off fast now, replaced

AN-" Mr Da

ompany funds. I would never-" My voice cracked, and I hated it. I

oway's voice didn't waver, not even slightly. "Yo

idence

red lace in my hand, then to the bla

ou are in right now. This is not a conversation." She paused for a moment. "You have three months to return the f

er. "- your appoint

e man who had spent the last year asking me to fu