held to her ear by her bodyguard as she sat on the sleek leather sofa of the private VIP

the bank though?" Diana

vesting in Dennis's company. Without that income flow

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brushed back, broad chest commanding atte

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you doing in the VIP room? Has

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still not meeting his eyes. Her voice felt brittle in he

sharp, calculated-but the man in front of her n

the same level with it. Alex, the head of Carlson's group had become the most wealthy bachelors in the nation-famous for both his busin

shrank

left had bec

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years? Day and night, I couldn't

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't move. Her

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to do to get him to leave was t

not done with

teased, lifting a brow. "Then why

lty. I am Disgusted!" Cardi hated the fact that he could see through her, he co

dering you were the one who disappeared without a word.

re. This isn't the place to unpack our history. If you want

or a long moment.

bered. The calm one. Ever mature

s jaw flexing a bit as he turned to leave,

ut behind him, Cardi's

d rip his tongue out of his mouth with a

ropriate-but she was ready to hone it. There's no way she

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