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h to cut glass, that calm voice that made even the most senior partners sweat in their thousand-dol
s Ch
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s door s
oth
wed up when I wanted solitude, al
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I dropped the weights to the fl
d onto the ben
ng to the class reunion. Everyon
tarting my presses. "Class reunio
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m to chec
ught the glint in his eye
split from her
-long enough for Stephen to notice. I racked it, sat u
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, green eyes, that smile that made me believe in love when I was eigh
phone back wi
the phone, that shit-eating grin on his face.
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t your hopes up, brother. Already
es na
say, you son
id: 'Abby, since you're single now, you should g
at did
eck. I knew that hesitation. It was the same pa
're in the same place. I have three kids now, a whole life, routines, responsibiliti
as a player that no sensible
etween us. My hands were
e towel over my shoulder.
was just he
." I was already at
house. The glass wall dominated the room, Manha
one. Opened Instag
l Lanc
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ill fuckin
rehead against the cold glass. "That I
was right.
her opinion s
ying to be a ste
to myself,
same pair of legs two nights in a row... wanting
oto again. The kid
ow I was going to win over three little
ic," I
my phone, which immedi
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putting it
sps than I intended. "What happen
s legal team sent a last-minute amendment. They want to renegotiate the indemnity clause
." I rubbed my face
Are you in the m
But tell me something, Jamie." I glanced
s.
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out a dr
busy has been doi
water bottle
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k a dee
w. Haven't d
tle down, an
cking
tell me to go to hell bef
actly why it
ed a woman who looked serious enough to take to that goddamn a
am
on. Bye. Don't forge
roat. "How long are you
irty minu
lection in the window. "I'm gonna take
ed to come, just do
o. Twenty
efore she c
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