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n asleep beside a

supermodel ex, who had cheated on me and taught me a lesson I paid for dearly. That was almost two years ago. I swore off women after that. I didn't even allow myself flings, because I w

last

sweet about her that the tequila hadn't managed to hide. I knew her first name, because she had said it enough times, and that was all I knew. I wanted to find ou

going to be a long day, and I needed to be comfortable. I layered my perfumes carefully, be

hing kind. Instead, I heard myself say, "Last nig

on't know why I said it. Maybe I was protecting myself. Either way, it was a stupi

sekeeper, had already made su

l," she said politely

re you so formal today? Sin

dam might be unhappy if she he

e her whatever she wants and have th

t now? Last time I checked, we wer

ri

what I heard throu

er. "I meant

in a funny voice, and we bo

loyal, and she ran the penthouse, from the chef to the gardener to the cl

with me the longest. He was my right-hand man, my confidant and my best friend. We had grown up together in the same orphanage until Mr Edward Parker and Mrs Charlotte Elise Parker

thaniel said, buttering

s look l

you're about to fire some

and drank my

Veyra Technologies, a clean and renewable energy company, was my major business. The Williams Property Group and Williams Energy had belonged to my father, so now I ran all three under the umbrella

licity called as she hurrie

ty. What's my sc

ars. She was smart, kept to time, and was one of the few people who could stand up to me and call me out on my nonsense

boration with the Williams Property Group. At four-thirty you meet the marketing and media team. And finally, dinner with Mrs Charl

r I'll b

he said, and I quote, He sa

rossed my mind a dozen times since I left the penthouse, and I kept having flas

are you

ting in. I was distracted again, and the matter on the table was a little dice

six months, and the revenue generated so far. When it en

tructures of the collaboration and signed the deal on paper. The four-thirty meeting went just as smoothly. By the tim

y and perfectly cleaned, the bed made as though no one had ever been in it. Part of me

ved me

Beaumont Residence was a short drive away,

my love,

e. Charlotte had a peculiar strength and a sharp business mind. She had built the Williams Group alongside my father, and now she supported me in every decision. These people were

charged? You didn't wait for me to pick

r you, so I had my driver pick me up. It's just a minor

said three

ome." She waved her hand. "I only regret leaving before you met my nurse. A very kind girl.

dy wandered back to a sky-blue shirt and a girl wh

had been our housekeeper since I was adopted, and she was like a second mom to me. She

ing married, Carl? I'd like to stop being a wife t

When I find th

you don't spend time with any?" Mrs Marga

e me laugh, my family too, and that was about the extent of the people allowed to see me s

t midnight when I finally drove back. I turned into

as standi