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"I don’t," I say emphatically "But, Damien, all the noise outside of us I don’t want to feel like we’re living in a fantasy bubble, but so to break through The trial Stalker irlfriends"

"Fuck them," he says

"Damien, I’m serious"

"So am I," he says, his expression as intense as I have ever seen it "At the end of the day, it’s just you and me We make our own reality, Nikki And no one can take it from us"

Chapter Nine

As we head down in the elevator the next lancing back, unable to shake the feeling that I’ve forgotten so

"I keep that roo behind, the hotel will ship it to us"

"You own the room?" I don’t knohy I’m surprised; after all, he owns much of the known universe And I was already aware that he keeps a permanent suite at the Century Plaza hotel for clients who travel to Los Angeles

"Enough clients visit the Stark International office here to justify the expense" He speaks casually, as if it’s no big deal that he leases one of the most expensive rooms at one of the most expensive hotels in Europe for three hundred sixty-five days out of the year "If the e will call our corporate liaison Don’t worry"

I nod, hoping there is no call--and then do a otten "My phone," I say "We do need to go back" I try to picture where I left it, but nothing co on the bar?

"I still have it," Da that is doubling for a briefcase

"Oh" My stootten about ht, and I’m not overly thrilled with the re?"

"Not yet I forwarded it to my team Hopefully they’ll have news by the time we arrive back in the States In the h I’ that nues

Since Damien had powered the phone down, I hit the button to wake it back up so that I can check es I don’t expect there to be --but Jaht have buzzed me, especially once they heard the news that Dah, I have an e of balloons, confetti, and about a dozen smiley faces followed by CWTSY and another round of balloons I rollI text back that I can’t wait to see her, either

Evelyn and Blaine left an actual voiceforward to our return, and that I should give Da from each of them "And feel free to plant a kiss on him from me," Evelyn adds