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Chapter 1

Maren

“Dudley’s daddy can’t keep it in his pants” I flick a wrist toward my laptop screen “I have another five DMs fro”

“You have even more responses to your post on the Manhattan Lost and Found Dog group?” My rooet a better look

I glance up and take in her outfit for the day For a twenty-two-year-old petite blonde with gray eyes, Arietta looks nothing like you would expect her to

The hem of the frus reen blouse she’s buttoned up to her neck

“Youthe men off with a stick, Arietta”

She lets out a laugh “I a to be professional, Maren”

“You’re never going to get that sexy beast of a boss of yours in bed if you keep dressing like that”

Her eyes widen behind her dark-colored, rectangular eyeglasses “Dominick Calvetti is still in Italy, and besides, I would never sleep with someone I hate”

“You hate him as much as I hate my vibrator,” I quip

With a shake of her head, she crosses our aparte

Technically, it’sdown to actual specifics, it belongs to ht this three thousand foot dreaift for me

It’s not a standard gift, though There are terms, and I’m already in violation of one of them

I lost my job yesterday

I need to stay gainfully employed to keep this lavish roof over my head

Keeping it over Arietta’s head is ie jewelry store a year ago Ariettafor a place to live, and even though she’s six years younger than I am, I invited her to move in

We’re as close as sisters now

After pouring herself a glass of juice, she bends down to stroke her hand over Dudley’s head “How are you today, sweetheart?”

Arietta has been calling hiht without a collar

A whole host of responses to roup have clued me into his name