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ns a business arrangement. We are equal partners. We maintain separat

said withou

edroom. We maintain our priv

ession. "I have a multi-level penthouse in Tribeca. You w

whenever your family matters are settled, and neithe

mall nod toward

orward immediately, hol

said, handing me a stylus. "Clauses four through seven explicitly pr

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for commercial partnerships," Dami

lus to the glass:

t mine-warm and solid against my cold hands. He sig

e the electronic filing. Damian t

business with yo

n his broad palm.

now," I said, keep

red in his eyes. "I

rk stamped the registry book, printed the offici

in my hands, it f

he autumn afternoon. At the curb sat a long,

d flat over the roof frame so I wouldn't hit

a heavy thud, shuttin

silk tie. "For the next few weeks, this marriage will

ht the point was to stop

out the tinted window. "Pulling you into the scrutiny of the family board before

nodded. "Keeping it qui

," he

e grey buildings blurred past, and the knot