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er fingers to her mouth. "That's th

ed her. "Ninety-nine of nin

veryone else's. Cassian Vey. Handles acquisitions. Clean record, no fish photos. That's

o stop giving

t event

the certificate into a folder as calmly as if signi

y can wait," he sai

the one who wanted

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topped being able to tell them apart somewhere around the r

raight back. "I can p

se you're my wife. Not because you owe me anything. Use it

id he'd see me at the

lite. Won't touch you until you want him to. Wendy-what's the catch? That agen

picke

acker than my future. What kind of consultant hand

his pack," I admit

married a man and neithe

rst matchmaker alive. I s

s knew how r

verity. No photographs. A study off the main room, files ordere

cross the hall-as if a wife sleeping behind her own loc

ilence. I had always been the kind of person who waited faithfully

I assumed it was his, laid out before he'd stepped inside the bathroom. My throat tightened at the thought of running into him fac

nine. I'd barely shed my coat and settled into my chair when A

They're saying the new Alpha is from the Crestwood Group. Everyone's wondering if it might actually be the mysterious Alpha

I said. "I have

e building had as much to do wi

t disappointment. "Fix your face and find your spine. The new Alpha CEO walks in within the hour,

tood,"

akness across a room." She smiled thi

lide off. I'd had

he whole floor went quiet at once. E

he coffee, one scent reache

old smoke. Rai

d from the

ed, and the lie d

id not scramble for anything. His black suit was cut as sharply as the coat

," someone

through the offi

"Oh wow. Is that our new

ss the floor with cool au

ld the room. "I expect everyone to

returne

he revised acquisiti

ha Vey,"

my face could

his voice reached me-low en

u eat the brea