BILLIONAIRE REDEMPTION

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st her lips. Words and numbers were scrawled across the surface: potential donors, grant deadlines, esti

phia muttered, running

aning against the doorframe with a m

different, Mia. I'm not just fighting for the studio-I

. Did you see the way he looked at that mural yesterday

nt fool you. He's still the man who could de

er coffee. "Or maybe he's mo

ped short when her phone buzzed. A text fro

y. Noon. My driver w

, her stomach tightening. "Y

it?" Mi

lding up the phone. "Domini

eyebrow. "Ar

refuse, but curiosity-and a lingering hope

a choice," Sophia sa

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Upper West Side. Sophia stepped out, feeling distinctly ou

it impeccably tailored, his expression unreadable. H

id smoothly. "Than

he replied, folding her

ips. "You always have a choice. But

et's skip the pleasantries,

use I'm curious about you, Miss Hart. Most people in your positio

a building. It's a home for people who don't have one. A lifeline for ki

t waver. "And you th

w is why you care. If you're so convinced I

led his glass of water, his expression though

oed, her tone sharp. "Wh

ve seen too many people like you, Miss Hart. Dreamers who think passion is enough t

led. "You do

dmitted. "But I

ive wire. Sophia clenched her fists beneat

s is to you? A g

cing. "No. This is business. But that

d to show it. "Well, I don't have time for your games.

didn't reply. Instead, he slid a

number. It's a contact of mine who specializes in sec

cts screaming that it came with strin

ged. "Call it

"I don't need your help," she said, stan

retti was a man of contradictions, and she couldn't decide

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the city skyline. He should have felt victorious-he'd planted a

r passion, her fire-it was unlike

aybe it's worth looking closer. Not

d leaned against the window. For the first

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half-finished canvases and stacks of supplies. She stared

it," Mia said, ap

think

f it helps the studio, does it r

d. "It feels

rt enough to avoid it. And if it's not a

tucked the card into her po

etching out plans and refining ideas. But no matter how hard

omplicated puzzle-and she wasn

he knew she didn

rt of this fight now, wh

d a feeling he woul

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