Love Beyond Profession

his nostrils, he adjusted the strap of his worn leather bag slung over his chest while he looked at the different c

r letting him allow his friends t

caused long-lasting relationships to become a foreign concept to him. And that his friends, Leo and Peter, did not want. He wasn't one for blind dates, but h

to a table close to the counter. She was on the phone, speaking in quiet but urgent tones, her posture stiff as though her conversa

her dress caugh

the color of outfit he had been

ped a beat. Co

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fe, her fingers nervously drumming against the phone

.it's all at risk. And the only way to secure your future-and the future of the family-is to marry. Qui

h threats. He had always been a man who believed in swift action, es

, forcing her voice to sound calm. Insid

er. Don't worry," she added, e

ng inside. He was tall, broad-shouldered, and dressed in a black simple shirt and jeans trousers with a leather

ter some moments and walked straight toward her. It was the kin

id and cleared his throa

roze i

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d date and as he approached her, was thanking his fri

shock then became annoyed. Something in the sharp curve of

phone, lowering it, but d

lied, her words sounding cli

e tension that seemed to hang between them.

was gone almost immediately and replaced with so

ite her since she didn't offer one. "I used to be a soldier, but now I work as

g as she did so. Despite the coldness in her gaze, there was a

ing interesting was not an eff

n," she said, a short laugh escap

peated, his confusion

t he had made a mistake and that he

nasty," she said as if the title

ead as his fingers dr

he wealthiest family in the country, with their

at had he

ly, his face reddenin

with a choked voice. "I...

, but not by much. "Yes,"

orry to interrupt. You are wearing the same color of

say. He turned and walked away, wishing that the grounds would o

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s an intriguing look

d simplicity. Maybe it was because there

ng conversation

phone and saw that the phone c

ing in shock. "You have bee

sarily impatient with the

knew where he was driving

one. "And I wonder if there can be m

ore because to her surprise, she