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e silence of the penthouse. My

nger? Gratitude? It was neither. It was a profound sense

I dem

s tone as casual as ever."And I thought you

separated us. "The chance is right in front of yo

verything, pulling me from one fire only to off

her choice. I n

myself say. "I agre

oic mask, the smile of a hunter whose prey h

en a few times, and a second later, my

5,000,000.00 has been c

It was enough money to turn AuraTech from a

will be delivered by my lawyer tomorrow. Read it car

le. "This is the key card for the apartment and a sup

e paused and looked back at me, a playful gli

, empty space. I walked to the window, looking down

in the Hicks' house, to being a multi-millionaire wi

of Jaimen, of the Blackburns. I slipped into a silk rob

ning, the do

with a friendly but sharp-eyed smile. He intro

He handed me a

shockingly generous. My only major obligation was to play the

estor in AuraTech, would immediately sign over 51% of the

"You know, Ms. Stanton, Gannon had our entire le

d up, c

ten years. I've never seen him this invested in anything-or an

my chest, but I quickly suppressed it.

the door, he turned back. "Oh, by the way. There's one

t is

has to be filed with the league. It's a standard procedure to

ch dropp

ial in their eyes, it has to be a real, legal marriage.

pen suddenly feelin