My Ex-Lover, My Boss

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void of any warmth. "No intermediaries. No assistants

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s you requested," she said

g his focus back to Liana. "You'll familiari

inst the cool, smooth paper. "Tomorrow morning

a problem

meeting his gaze with

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sparsely decorated but elegant, the floor-to-ceiling windows offering a breathtak

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she reminded herself. You

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whispered promises against her skin, and ma

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s her

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only piece of the past she had allowed herself to keep. She tr

p the locket shut, tucking it aw

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inst the doorframe. "Everyone's talking about how

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couldn't afford to be the

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but he didn't push. "Whatever the case, I'd watch y

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into her chair,

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still trapped

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to think she could

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