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Cole stepped closer, and I instinctively took a step back. He smirked. "Be my girlfriend."

I blinked, totally caught off guard. Then I scoffed. "Not the best joke for this early in the morning. You

know-

"I'm serious," Cole interrupted. "Only my girlfriend gets to meet my dad."

I froze. He was definitely using this to trap me.

So, my twitching eyelids weren't just a random fluke. They were warning me about this.

"You probably don't know this, but my dad's always been paranoid. He doesn't trust anyone, especially now with his new position," Cole continued, launching into a whole explanation. "Too many people are trying to get close to him, and none of them have good intentions. So, to save his energy, he won't meet with anyone who isn't family."

But I knew he was just making excuses.

been with a lot of women, but they were all just for fun.

it all together, someone who brings stability and good

to admit, he seemed genuinely

I had some brat trying to ask me out, and

a total drought in my love life or

But just

misplaced affection, but I'm sorry-I have a boyfriend," I replied, just as

I only started

gave an amused smile.

gave him a tight-lipped smile,

for you to

and Cole kept going. "If you agree to be my girlfriend-or better yet, my

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VastReach Group. I'd transfer all my

ex-fiancé is?" I cut him

with his family's fortune, but compared to the Johnston family, it wasn't

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