woke up first. She stared at Julian's sleeping fac
Tom Ford tailored suit. She pulled her hair into a
checked the concealer on her neck. No red marks we
e when he saw her corporate attire. A
Park today? Why are you dressed like that?" He wal
She picked up her coffee cup. "The honeymoon is o
with a loving smile. "Back to work? You're too tired. Did
ce remained blank. "The company is pushing the AI medi
ney is my job. I'll wire fifty thousand dollars into your
. "Fifty thousand? Julian, my mother's special care unit at the nursing hom
eyes. His tone hardened. "You're too aggressive! What k
"I am the co-founder of Vance Tech. I own twenty percent of
ank violently. Panic flashed across his
st worried about your health." Julian compromised. H
t. She forced a perfect, fake
cond the door closed, he pulled out his phone and
at the lowest desk. Make her life m
glass. She pulled out her phone and ordered an Uber.
the small software startup she and Julian co-founded, Vance Tech, had been aggressively acquired by this massive corporate monolith. That ac
radiating authority. The receptionist's jaw d
ved for executives. She pressed the up button aoors slowly
de, but froze instantly. Her heel
imposing man. He wore a perfectly tailored dark grey
nt scar rested above his brow bone. His
he current CEO of Vanc
th to greet him, but her eyes dropped to h
s. The size and spacing perfectly matched the desperate scrat
of cedarwood seemed to rush out of the el
ached out with his scarred hand and blocked the metal d
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