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he velvet armchair I sank into, the golden light streaming through tall windows, the soft scent of fresh roses pl
saying "the rich also cry." No one would've guessed, looking at my de
he had tor
ning, without reason. Just... vanished
nce knew, the same delicate features, the same nervous smile. The on
wrong. I ignored it. I
year. I'd never loved any woman before her. I h
attering a closed window. Her father was Judge Henry Dunlop,
st a year. I prop
later, sh
r booming business behind. I moved to New York hop
, I found myself more irritable, angry, withdrawn. I co
ary force, like each crumple could drown out the ache. The headli
her page, I looke
stood in
s. The silent exchange of glance
anted
ai
tant sign of respect. "Bodyguards, out," I said withou
sat close
ng my mother's hand like she was a n
again. Their aged love was beginning to
three years since Natasha. Don't you
" I finished bitt
clearly choosing her words. "
nap
back. 'Get married. Move on.' Do you think I wanted this pain?
for years. "You two pushed and pushed until she felt smothere
when Da
a gunshot, shaking the calm fr
One week to bring a woman home. Or you l
ke that, he
ered, reaching for my hands. "I know you love
jaw, trying no
on. A decision to stay, when it's easy and especially when it's not. Even the Bible says, h
t one line. Lo
For the first time in all their nagging, it did
nly resolved. "Et
voice always had a calming effect, and his cheerfu
ye. "Sign me up with the best
d, surpri
adline. Two weeks. I do
h." He turn
they know, I'm not looking f
lent nod and
decisions. I wasn't doing this for lo
just like Natasha made my heart feel when she left. Let
alking in
aits. Hundreds of top-tier women flooded my inbox. Models. Heiresses. CEOs. But no
op in frustration, another notifica
ed it
was Aless
. it stirred something
f her applicatio
e anything he wants, but
up str
rest
e in weeks, my cu
," I said alo
ke that, th