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Usually, Hayden treats me pretty well, so I figured he wouldn't act any different with Demi, right?

I mulled it over for a bit before deciding to head to Hayden's room, waiting a good twenty minutes just to be safe. He'd told me to wait ten, probably because he needed to shower and change. When he opened the door, I wasn't surprised to see his hair still damp and him dressed in loose clothes, hotel slippers on his feet.

"Come in," he said, as brief as ever.

I immediately noticed his laptop open on the desk. Skipping the small talk, I went straight for it. "What's the new issue?"

"It's in a document on the desktop. Open it and take a look," Hayden replied, just as the kettle clicked off.

I sat down and logged onto the desktop, expecting it to be all neat and organized, given his personality. But nope-it was a chaotic mess of documents and files.

Good thing I'm not squeamish about clutter, or I might've passed out right then.

Staring at the overwhelming sea of icons, I had no choice but to ask, "There's so much stuff here. Which one is it?"

named YLC,"

but after all that drama I'd been binge-watching, my eyes were probably too tired to

said, turning to look at

making tea-chamomile, with honey, judging by

But just as he got close, his phone buzzed. He glanced at the

break to search for

was scanning through the mess of documents, he answered the call. I couldn't catch the other person's voice, but I heard Hayden's sharp response: "We signed the contract. No changes, and no, compensation isn't happening... Yeah, it's non-negotiable." He ended the call so fast, I hadn't

files that was the problem-it was that every file

cup of tea, placing it next

said, but before I could even take a sip, I felt a sudden tension behind me. His arm came around me, almost like a half-hug, as he

rough, and dangerously close, the kind of voice that

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could practically feel his chin hovering over my head. If

shampoo-was dizzyingly good, making my pulse race like

went up in flames,

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