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footsteps, his eyes sweeping ove

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was on her phone,

, I spoke, "Good morning. I'm

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ignored her completely and walked straight t

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gaze shift toward the receptionist. "Except yo

changed instantly

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. In the next second, the guards who had initially been con

please don't fire

own the hallway as

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his girl

gestured toward the presidential

le and followed, ignor

e stepped into the elevator. "Your letter of

his words in. "Th

ors opened, and

o my office. As I walked in,

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pt it that way all this time m

on my career for love. But I had insisted, convinced that marriage

of us had built together was just b

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topped believ

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d smiled softly. "

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orry," I a

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faintly a

tepping back. "As much as I'd

girl walked in. She had glasses, soft curls, and an overall adorab

you to this," T

ur assistant from now on. And these," he pointed at the files, "are do

the stack before

I'll leave

, Thomas

d her a polite smile. "Let's

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turned toward my desk

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. I let out a soft chuckle and caught h

a," I sai

pulling back to look at me. Her smile sof

sed yo

eeping over me before her exp

e out of you," she muttered. "I s

and started walki

yed, grabbing a cart, "he still dares to treat

les, I pulled out a list and beg

mall smile. "A marriage like that was bound to fall apart soone

before adding, "B

eft my lips, we turned t

lding Zora in one arm and pu

d haunted my marriage. The woman wh

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d react, Adrian's gaze landed on me.

harp. "What is the meaning of t

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