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1 stare at Kent for a second, shocked and confused. What, really, is he asking me?

“I’m serious, Fay,” Kent continues. “What’s your price? An adjustment to the contract? Money? A condo in Milan?”

I go still for a moment, considering that a condo in Milan sounds amazing –

But then I turn fully to him, frowning. “Kent, do you ever consider that my continuing to communicate with Ivan might benefit you too? That I might be doing it for your sake?”

“Really,” Kent says, his voice rich with sarcasm. “You kissed Ivan last night for my sake.”

a few quick steps closer to him, “I did not kiss Ivan last night –” I grimace a little inwardly, thinking that Kent doesn’t really know that I was definitely going to kiss Ivan last night had Natalia not interrupted –

snaps his mouth shut and considers me for a moment. “Fine,” he says, giving in. “What did he tell you that

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of him again and look up into his face, wanting to see how he reacts. “Ivan asked me again to come to his side. He insisted – insisted that you’re going down. I don’t know why he wants me to do it if it’s because he has feelings for me, or wants the allegiance to my dad, I don’t know –

teeth and looks away from me,

as he processes this news. “It doesn’t mean anything, Fay,”

let me talk to him, maybe I can find out more. Don’t cut off this connection. We

and surprising me by pressing a kiss to my mouth, a lingering one that floods my stomach with heat. “But Fay,” he says when he pulls away. “No hands. All right?”

know Kent,” I murmur, looking up at him from under my eyelashes. “If you were just willing to admit that you didn’t want him touching me

lips as he considers my counter–offer. “Two condos, Fay. Milan and

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property listings,” I say,

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