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Chapter 66

“Clark Morgan is here again, Thalassa,” Juana informed Thalassa over the phone.

Thalassa sighed. “Okay, let him in.”

A few seconds later, the man stepped into the office, wearing his usual beaming smile. “If the mountain doesn’t bother to call Muhammad, then Muhammad will look for the mountain.”

Thalassa rolled her eyes. “I don’t think that’s how the saying goes.”

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“Yeah, whatever. You understood what I meant,” Clark said making himself comfortable in one of the visitor

chairs.

“Are you here for something in particular?” Thalassa asked

He frowned slightly. “You told me I could come here.”

“I don’t think you would come just to stare at my face.”

He grinned. “I mean, that wouldn’t be bad. I could stare at that face all day. It’s brighter than the sun.”

“If it were actually brighter than the sun, then you wouldn’t be able to look at it.”

“Ugh,” Clark let out an exaggerated groan. “I’m trying to flirt here, woman.”

Thalassa couldn’t help but smile, which pleased him.

“Good, I’ve made you smile again. That means you’re going to have lunch with me,” he declared proudly.

“No,” Thalassa instantly burst his bubble.

mouth pulled into a pout. “Oh, why not? I know it’s your lunchtime now because I asked your

him he was wasting his time? She had no interest in having anything to do

for yesterday when you refused

appointments to be canceled and told Juana to inform anyone who came to

how rude that

out with you

“Yes!” Clark grinned.

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next day, Alden stopped by Kris’s office, and seeing how sunken his friend’s

remember the last time he ate a proper meal other than coffee, Alden insisted that they go

with shit? It’s pretty tasty,” Alden observed later as

restaurant.

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told you that I wasn’t hungry,” Kris

steak tasted as good as Alden claimed, then he wouldn’t know because his mind was occupied by so many thoughts his tongue couldn’t even

I love you, so I can’t

Alden was a tough man but could be too sappy sometimes.

you.” Alden cut a part of his steak and lifted it to Kris’s

Kris glared at him,

burst into laughter that was loud enough to draw attention to them. Kris looked

me, how are the investigations going?” Alden questioned.

“Smoke hasn’t found a thing. He has become so inefficient. I think I should fire him and

him the job two days ago. And how is he suddenly inefficient simply because he made you think Thalassa and Zeke Mathews were lovers? He never even said those words.

paying his salary? I can call

“Of course not.”

stop defending him.”

any more bothered than he was at the moment, but he was so wrong. Just a few minutes later, Thalassa

doesn’t waste any time. I have to applaud him for how quickly he secured

table. Clark pulled a chair back for her, and she sat down with a smile. The

ravishing in a blue dress that had to be one of her designs. She broke their eye contact, looking away like he was just another person in the restaurant as she focused her gaze on Clark. 1

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