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t the breathtaking view of Los Angeles. The pretty cloudy sky stret

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othing. Seven years since I walked out of that penthouse with my heart sh

ever to let a man have that

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gomery family must have seen me as a pest who needed to be gotten rid of

t as his pretend girlfriend for three years. Things

ulting firm, but my business strategies and sharp ski

r Enterprises, had risen from nothing. It was built with my willpower, intelli

ll of my life. I didn't expect to see him again but I hoped that he coul

my thoughts. I turned away from the window as I

a starts in an hour. And don't even THINK about di

t Sophie when I moved abroad and she had been my rock through all the madness I we

y before sending a winky emoji with the text as

perfectly and the high slit exposed just

with the wind in waves, and the diamond earrings on my e

ing in front of me and the only

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o one could try to destroy. And tonight, I would walk

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ning in my presence. The venue was packed with the rich, classy, an

miration, not in contempt. I felt lik

with a smirk as she walked in with me and I gri

replied with a wink and she laughed in re

response as we made our way through the crowd

and signed a major deal with a European technology fi

but I was getting bored of the constant work tal

er and he nodded before placing a glass on the table.

eel his eyes boring holes into my back and

just as I thought, it was him. He stood there with h

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ngly handsome in his tailored black suit. My breath hitched

ression and his piercing blue eyes locked ont

ough his eyes as he stared at me but it was too late for any of

rom behind and I turned to look at the man

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yself. He was the man who had been there when Bryan had destroyed me.

on my lips, and I could see Bryan's jaw clenching in anger.

ryan could make it to my side, he sudden