A BILLIONAIRE'S SECRET

the new apartment, surrounde

had money and let a designer go wild without ever actually living there. The

hallway led to what she guessed was the master bedroom. Another, smaller

inimalist on a schedule." Not a photo frame i

d into the bed

in sight. One side of the closet was packed with suits and dress sh

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she bar

pent more time with his

ich made her feel out of place in he

at the clo

't start until six, so she pull

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"I moved out. Don't worry about me

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look at the ca

eft this morning and did not say a damn word? Where are you?

, swiping at her face. "And

ve been worried sick all day. You sh

welcome anymore," she said,

ilence on t

this time. "I just... I figured somethi

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borate. She knew

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alf-stocked. Enough to

ogether a quick sauce, when a s

t too comfortable. I'm co

the message, re

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t bother saving his

cking the poetry shelf when her coworker, Jenn

ll-fed today. New moistur

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there. Not in a suit. Not on his laptop, b

document like it was light entertainment

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, kicking off her shoes. "Di

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said it, like someone who had spent on

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d her in. "I figured

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her move. She pulled out the container, popped it in t

his... prepar

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thing. Just nodded as

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him. "What di

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understood that mo

silence, side by side

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s eyes. "Same

ring at the clean kitchen, wondering how a stranger