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but for Tiesto, meals were functional-just fuel for the day. He preferred the main
knew they couldn't act freely around him. He picked his food and
n lunch. A young manager
n did you start
ing someon
day getting coffee with a girl. People
ed in. "Yeah! And he
could manage a girl lik
re we going to meet her? Did you mee
ing gaze he'd felt yesterday-Tiesto's-was on hi
quickly, trying to sound casual. "We
harp tug of anxiety in his chest-he'd underestimated how
. "Not your girlfriend? Fine. Just
owly, relief wa
fast, he said: "My 'friend' is married and has a good husband. How
looked dis
aw Tiesto quietly
Sterl
esto, and everyone returned to th
the business department's projects. This month, e
veryone had to
rtment, immediately stopped smiling. T
lit a mental c
.
am Sterling-Tiesto's gr
d her coughing. Normally, he'd
to bring her here after the wedding. Are you tak
isn't a good t
-I've seen more of life than you've even dreamed. Ella is wife m
silent, lett
swer me!" s
andma... would you rather we rush and break up i
ffed, then relented. "Fine. Focus on you
witched into th
ving together? How can feelings grow if
ration never m
vening, Tiesto
the car rea
pecting that he wouldn'
iesto instructed, "Tak
od. It was unexpected, ye
... should I
I'll need a ri
out Ella, yet they were married but not living togeth
plex, rain began to drizzle. Weather c
ied laundry and draped it over the living room furn
he sofa, and queued up a thriller. The weather was perfect f
nd rang the door
her-stil
d his eyes. In this weath
code and entered it;
ream and sinister laughter filled t
g the mop with ease. Simultaneo
scr
her bathrobe slipping, revealing smooth, pale skin. Her
's apple
ized it was Tiesto-not a stranger, not an intr
his eyes had lingered and pa
re!" she exclaimed, half-annoyed. "I
y at the apartment, she'd been dre
wer, and no one answe
atching a movie." She quickly t
ason you're he
me. Do I ne
onto the sofa, and casually sca
d the apartmen
t confidence-there was nothing for him to criticize. S
er eyes
t skippe
rying rack earlier because of the r
's eyes landed
in the air from the AC-impossibl
bottle of water and set it in front of him. "Mr. Sterling..
d up the garments and bolted to her
she swore silently: 'Never again will I t
as he watched her flustered retreat. He lift
rged in modest loungewear,
here tonight?" she asked, her t
N
cape him. She'd been worried
my grandmother," he added casually. "T
rfectly. Elders loved to pres
ed a few photos of th
d lowered, lost in thought, he said, "C
-ok
diately c
o keep the elders from worrying,
ing what had just happened earli
e expressionless, the other awkward. They didn't
e," h
ed a poli
ifully, and the faint fullness beneath
ulder and quickly captured a few shots
la immediately stepped awa
m his touch felt almost too intense. She
tonight was something she d
he wished the floor woul
Tiesto noticed the fain
d on empty air. He watched Ella move away from
ay. "I told you I won't move back in
to decide. Just... next time you plan
M
orm. "If it's inconvenient for you to
was technicall
ly come to complete his
intention
idn't
she frowned slightly. Wh
ed to ope
tood o
Knowing he was Tiesto's friend-and that Tiesto was h
expressio
m, she looked gua
ked at Javi, she
felt much more at
cell in Javi's body was
don't be this
was basic
as practically
or President Sterling... and take
ent Ste
just joking," Javi
n I won't keep you. The rain
t you," Javi quickly redirected all
d past Ella a
after him. This man had
for absolut
ne, she finally let o
hought about what had happene
a nig
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