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"I heard through the grapevine that you orking on so to Carl’s coe and tell him the truth about what happened It pisses"I was on the team that pitched the C-Squared product to Damien"

"Is that how you two o in Texas We reconnected at one of Evelyn’s parties" I don’t mention that Carl had sentthe attention of Damien Stark That had been my first clue that Carl was an asshole And many more clues followed in quick succession "At any rate, the pitch went great, but Damien declined to invest because he knew about this Israeli product, though he didn’t say his reason at the tiain, in to describe the things I had done with Damien

Bruce, thankfully, doesn’t appear to notice my blush "And Carl blamed you"

"And fired h up on my favorite people list"

"To be honest, Carl Rosenfeld isn’t high on anyone’s favorite people list"

I smile, immediately more at ease

A moment later, Cindy steps into er company There is no address I, of course, a the way Cindy hovers by , and she’s curious about what the world’s sexiest billionaire sends to his girlfriend

I’ about, I’ there I set it firht next to where I have put the framed picture of Damien andback to Bruce and rattling off the first relevant thing I can think of about the Suncoastlast week

Finally they are both out ofme to, supposedly, settle in to work I immediately reach for the envelope

I open it, peek inside, and find ain, at least now I have an excuse to call him Not that I actually need an excuse

Unfortunately, I only get his voice mail "Hey," I say "It’s me Thanks so much for the scarf It suits reat ti "And I thought youa denim skirt, a purple T-shirt under a deni when I end the call, and it takes so to focus on the specs that I pull up on the laptop I’ve been issued by Innovative After a while, though, I get into a groove, and it’s not until one of the guys on rossed for hours

"I’?"

"Alex, right?"

He nods

"Mind if I tag along?"