Chapter 561

Edward’s request made my heart race.

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Without thinking, I blurted out, “Sorry, that’s not convenient.”

Edward’s eyes grew darker.

‘Guys like him probably never get turned down,‘ I thought to myself.

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‘Still, I really don’t have any reason to invite him over to my place,‘ I added silently.

“How about next time?” Edward pressed on, not ready to give up.

I shook my head. “Mr. Jennings, let’s keep some distance between us. It’s better for both of us.”

Edward seemed to have seen this coming. He gave a relaxed smile. “Are you guarding yourself so closely because Ryan isn’t married yet?”

“Even if he does get married, there still wouldn’t be anything between us,” I replied, a heaviness settling in my chest. ‘Honestly, now that things are over with Ryan, I can finally throw myself into work and really hone my skills,‘ I thought.

Edward’s face grew somber. “Alright, go on upstairs.”

“Thanks for bringing me back. Goodbye,” I said politely, stepping into the elevator just as the doors opened.

closed, I

at me, our eyes meeting for a split second before the elevator doors

strength I’d managed to hold onto during the ride just vanished. I slumped against the elevator

breakup with Ryan. I just poured

into work.

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up, every company was getting ready to take time off

he did was buy me a necklace, then picked out gifts for our parents. That night, he was buzzing with excitement, saying

and my brother looked absolutely smug, grinning from ear to

Aiden jumped up as soon as he saw me.

set my bag down and smiled. “He’s

kept him tied up most of the time, so he just laughed. “Next time,

a sly look. “Victoria, it’s almost the holidays and your boyfriend’s still working?

a look.

pouted, then, with a little

and order whatever you want,”

ear.

grabbed the menu, and just picked a few

over the menu, looking a bit dissatisfied. “I’m bored of these home–style dishes. We eat them at the office cafeteria every day, Aiden, I want

spoiling her as usual. He’d always spent most of his money on her, and during

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