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I stared at him, my eyes wide with disbelief.

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Jared sounded a little pissed. “Without real power, having a face as stunning as yours is just asking for trouble. I just wanted to protect you, to give you a peaceful home. Was that really so wrong?”

Yeah, right. Like that makes it okay.

I almost let out a string of curse words, but held back. The only reason Jared could say all this so righteously was because he hadn’t even had the chance to cheat on me in this life.

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“Fine, I get it. The world isn’t just black and white, and there’s no absolute right or wrong. You have your reasons. But now, you don’t owe me anything anymore, not even legally. I want to be able to face risks on my own. Thanks for all the ‘protection‘ these years,” I said, the last words coming out through gritted teeth.

Jared stared at me, looking completely thrown off. For a moment, I couldn’t tell if he was pissed or just weighed down by it all.

“Just go. I need to rest,” I said, feeling completely drained.

After a moment of silence, Jared turned and walked away.

I thought he’d head back to Hachester, but to my surprise, he got himself a room at this hotel too–right next door to mine.

out because, while I was out on the balcony, I heard his voice through the wall

night. My mind was a

papers, and left the hotel. I swung by home for a quick shower and a change of clothes, then hurried off to

spent all through lunch in meetings, checking out the site, and discussing the next

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by when I was wrapped

here. He’s treating the whole company

head. “No,

we book the restaurant, or is someone on his side taking care

“Got it,

is business. Even though things got awkward yesterday, it wasn’t going to slow us

said he’d already booked the restaurant and we could just have our team

at. It felt like he just

how to charm a woman, how to create opportunities, and how to

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that, where the hell was

all his smooth moves

he was trying those tricks

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amusement. I’d make sure he learned that not every

face, all business at

a few of my ideas, since they drew on things I’d

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