No More Stolen Hearts

to reassure

polite," he said after a few days

ons, mostly Chloe asking about his busine

s," he'd say, kis

interested in "all business"

, slowly, subtly, and

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hadow, alwa

offer came soone

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n fully shared with me ye

ntly showed me, "I was just talking to an old associate of David's i

troductions, leverage

to a fault, was

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" I started,

urely professional, it could f

loe was expertly navigating it, pulling him

d her help

ings" with Chloe. Late-night

best suits, a new cologne,

him of spending more time with her than w

us, for our future," he said, a lin

helpful, actually, k

s, he simply didn't care about the

d, calculating satisfaction, he

xture in Ethan's

tions, "Chloe suggested this,"

ts together, "networking op

lts, new leads, potential investors, glowing article

any's valuation is going up," he'd

bition, so easily manipulat

was, the kind of man Chloe deserved, an