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“Bowen Evert, president of Earth Group, is reportedly engaged to Viona Gellar, the daughter of Oriental Group’s president, and will be getting married next month.”

Jolene Marsh had stumbled across this breaking news while out on the balcony. A lit cigarette hung loosely from her fingertips.

She enjoyed smoking a cigarette after s*x.

Bowen didn’t share her sentiment, though, so she always had to hide out on the balcony each time.

After she’d digested the news, she silently slid her phone. back into her pocket.

In the three years she’d been by Bowen’s side, she’d always been good at masking her emotions.

Anyone who glanced at her face would be unable to decipher a single hint of her inner thoughts.

She seemed unaffected, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Rather, it felt like her heart was being crushed to a

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She knew that this day would come sooner or later.

She also knew that she and Bowen were never going to happen. It was simply out of the question.

It was a fact she was aware of from the very beginning.

Footsteps sounded from behind her, and she hurriedly extinguished her cigarette against the balcony railing. With one hand still holding the stub, she lifted the other to wave through the air and disperse the lingering smoke.

When she finally turned, she was greeted by Bowen at the balcony’s doorway.

Glancing through the glass door, Jolene shot him a smile, taking in his tall figure and the robe draped over his broad shoulders.

it was time for

son should be like. No matter how late it got,

would spend the rest

open the door and stepped over the threshold, still

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scent of

noticed it instantly.

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him and toward the coat rack, carefully collecting his shirt and jacket. She then returned to his side to help him get dressed. This

Company tomorrow morning to finalize some details with Mr. Smith.” She then got up on her tiptoes to wrap the

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“I

momentarily stunned.

some more, the

brow, she allowed her arm to drop, feeling the tie brush against her leg. “Oh, okay. I’ll get the water

past him, Bowen gently took

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she pursed her lips

“Not without you.”

her waist from behind,

breath stop short.

its way from the back of

like a snake wrapping tightly around her body, getting closer and closer to smothering her.

some action, but it typically never went further than twice

he

close, not too far. Not too cold,

enough distance between

he was finally

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