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There was a pause.
“You do realize,” Alexander said slowly, “that you’re not just
confronting Amelia now. You’re challenging the Windsors. And
the Hawthornes. You’re standing alone against two of New
York’s oldest families.”
“Doesn’t matter,” I said stubbornly. “Small war or big war–it’s
still war. I’ve already been dragged through the mud. I’ve got
nothing else to lose.”
There was another beat of silence before Alexander’s voice
dropped.
“Don’t be reckless,” he warned. “The last thing I need is for you
to get yourself killed.”
I blinked.
“I–I won’t,” I stammered. “Sorry. That came out harsher than I
meant.”
He didn’t respond right away. Then, unexpectedly, his voice
softened. “You’re representing me now. You understand that, right? When people see you, they see Green Group. They see me. That means you don’t get to go rogue.”
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My breath caught. Representing him.
“Yes,” I murmured. “I understand.”
“You want five days?” he said. “Fine. Take three. Be at the office
on the fourth. Eight a.m.”
“I… Thank you,” I said, unsure whether to argue for the full five or just accept the win. “I’ll get it all sorted!”
he said, but there was no real malice
There was a pause.
“Olivia?”
“Yes?”
it gets worse, tell me. I’ll find
words. “I.. I don’t
like
cracked a
it. Thank
then, I hung up
a few seconds, the silence on
louder than
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heart was beating too fast. Why
fast?
couch and
cheeks. They were burning.
I muttered to
regretted repeating that
from last night echoed in my
interested in you!!!”
afford to think like that.
Or strategic.
The way his tone dropped
he said he’d fix it.
for me–definitely
of the couch, fingers curling over my
to catch my
he so kind
special. I
myself during
even if I carried the burden of that position–I
belonged
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to
he even see
not. He said it himself–I
sharply and leaned back,
like a broken
I was spiraling.
was just being professional. Generous, maybe.
right there in his own
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