ed with amusement. "Ava Miller. Fancy meeting yo

glass. "Oh, Ethan, be nice. Maybe she'

r Ava' s simple at

d, her face calm. "

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ed vaguel

, her voice even, "I

are we? Or maybe a coffee shop? Don' t worry, Ethan can pro

an assistant to my assistant. Or, if you're really desperate, we could revisit

ger rise, but she

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who? The mailman? Did you finally

eye. "Oh, Ava, you always were a

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e Liam Knight? You expect us to b

e added, her voice dripping venom. "Think

etal of the locket Liam had given her. It looked like

g gift to me," she s

eap trinket you picked up at a flea market?

a little... sticky-fingered, even when she worked for me.