CEO's Runaway Lover: My Cold Ex Begs For My Love Again

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ffened mid-motion, drink still in hand

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with careless ease. His sunglasses rested atop his head, his shirt casually unbuttoned

across the table, open disda

at his forehead nervously, forcing a polite smile

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rby. Throughout the entire exchange, he had remained silent and focused

f the Dawson family and the cu

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tt, we're here for business. If there are personal

ening. "So you admit it's personal? Then why don't you

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d Danny directly, saying, "If you have another pro

lease give me a moment, Mr. Dawson. I'll arrang

iscreetly tugged at Madelynn's sleev

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e indifference-so calm that it made her wonder i

as enough to make her lose the projec

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e, didn't reach for her belongi

ead, the carpet softening

already returned to its earlier liveliness, laughter

ething inside her

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the main road, two kilometers away, when a cab

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her phone back

cover two days of

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ment, watching the red tailli

her steps, she returned to the wa

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ing one could see every day; o

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