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“I didn’t come here to drink tea,” Natalie said coolly.

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“I know,” Jensen replied, “but we were together for over five years, and I never once brewed tear for you. Just this once–give me the chance. If you do, no matter what you ask of me afterward, I’ll agree.”

His words only deepened Natalie’s disgust.

“So this is a bargain now?”

Jensen’s hand paused mid–motion.

“How could it be a bargain? Natalie, must we really speak to each other like this?”

Natalie didn’t bother answering.

She turned her head, gazing out at the busy traffic outside the window.

Her heart worried for Baron. She didn’t know how he was doing, whether anyone was giving him trouble.

Jensen noticed her drifting thoughts and felt an ache of disappointment, though he kept it to himself.

With a smile he asked, “Do you want red tea or black tea?”


“Either one is fine.”

knew him too

made it look like he was asking for her opinion, but in truth he had already decided. If she said red, he’d insist black was better for women. If she said black, he’d

never mattered–only

to countless such moments, Natalie almost

In those five years with him,

past act of saving her, convincing herself

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it hadn’t been for his cheating, for his lies, maybe her entire life would have been mapped

she had broken free. Thank God she

was strong too, but never with

was like a loyal golden retriever,

of him

away the

complain about her indifference, but then

been so long–so long–since he’d seen her

shot through his

spent years together, their

partly because she was once an unwanted orphan, while he was president of Luke Corp. Bringing her along

in the company rose, so did his sensitivity

out, he never invited. Eventually, that


bring her little gifts to cheer her up. But slowly, even that effort vanished. To him, Grand Pavilion became no more

remember the last time he’d seen her smile like this. Two years ago? Three?

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