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n's busy streets blur by. I'd arrived on time for the meeting, punctuality being one of my strong suits

hey fumbled through the slides like nervous college freshmen giving their first-ever PowerPoint presentation. The

a calm, collected smile plastered on my face. That's the part they never tell you about being

the reputation we'd built over the years. Sure, we were ranked the fourth-best entrepr

opened the folder to find last quarter's reports. In front of the investors. I had to think on my feet, make up numbers on the

sn't just terrible at her job-she was also trying to sleep her way into better deals. She spent the entire meeti

ed her without hesitation. I don't

was dying for at least twelve hours of rest. That's all I wanted

me. I was supposed to stay at a place near the airport, hoping for a quiet night. But when I call

t to be k

ting for me to state the next destination, but I was too hung up on figuring out why today had t

good night's sle

he good ones were already booked. Maybe go to a brothel and crash w

his own now, right? I could crash there. Hell, I hadn't seen th

ve always had an... interesting relationship. He's a good kid at heart, smart, ambitious, but stubborn as hell and a p

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reachable once I land. I'll text you the passcode. J

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take it easy, okay? No need to

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