"But what?" Sidney asked, still puzzled.

carefree life."

Maria sank into the couch, her slender body relaxed as she gazed at Sidney. "Miss Powell's suggestion actually gave me an idea. If you and I got married, the studio would become shared property. You wouldn't have to pay a cent to run it, and I could take off and live my Sidney stared at her, utterly bewildered. "Marriage?"

"That's right." Maria nodded, resting her chin on her hand and giving him a playful wink. "What do you think? Interested?"

Without a word, Sidney turned and headed for the door.

This was insane.

First Fawn, now Maria-was every woman in his life losing their mind?

"I'm telling you, if you walk away now, this opportunity won't come around again. I'm being reasonable today, but who knows about tomorrow?" Maria called after him, her tone teasing but calm.

His only response was the sound of the door closing behind him.

"Tsk..." Maria muttered to herself.

He had his principle, huh?

Men with that kind of integrity were hard to come by these days.

at the ceiling, a deep sense of

worth it to keep chasing someone who didn't

the beginning, it seemed like

time went on,

make things difficult

to be free-spirited,

took a long shower, and went to

day, several people came by to inquire about the studio's

the interested parties were fresh graduates looking to start a business. They all thought her asking price was too

waiting for

puzzled, she walked over, tossing her car keys into his hands before slipping into the passenger seat without

you hungry?" he asked after a

tired to speak much,

and didn't say

dozed off

she awoke,

the car had stopped outside her building. Blinking sleepily, she turned to see

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him,

tapped his nose

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