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He leaned in and whispered, "Believe me, sweetheart, that’s no secret tohis lips "Either I cosign, or I’ll inform Mr Jefferson’s superiors that if they proceed with your loan, I’ll be forced to end all business with this bank"

"You’re kidding!" My jaw fell open, coo to

"I never joke about finances Noill it be?" He knew he left me with no choice, and the twinkle in his eye rubbed it in

I wanted nothing more than to escape that room and find another bank for help, but it wasn’t worth all the trouble "Fine, cosign the dao home, and I’ll have Mr Jefferson draw up the papers for n" His hand landed on the small ofI haven’t told hi for five or ten"

"That’s all, ten thousand dollars?" He let out an arrogant snort, and I wanted to reach out and slap the srin off his face

"Yes, to otistical asses, that’s a lot ofthatfor that aerly accept cash from me at their first chance You astonish ers swiped the tendril of hair that at some point had fallen over ers I shouldn’t have been surprised

"Material items won’t make me happy, so your money has never mattered to me"

"Yes, which is one of the an, don’t" I whispered ed ainst hi it by in the hostly whisper There was no winning this

He leaned in and placed a kiss to e for Jax Re I need is for Natasha to get ahold of it He knows you’re coiving Mr Jefferson a pitiful goodbye in the process

A text chirped my phone to life the minute I pulled into my driveway, and I couldn’t help but sain, rereading Logan’s words

Not as stubborn as you, Mr West!

I du and stepped out of an’s driveway The envelope was hidden at the bottom of my purse I didn’t knoas in it, but felt it was safer to keep it on h the an’s yard When I reached the front door, I rang the doorbell

"Coan had said he was expecting ht in I didn’t see Oliver anywhere, so I assuured Jax was probably playing video gaan askedthe muffled voices to the kitchen

"Harder! Darowl answered, its voice forceful, freezinghis hips into the lean body of a redhead bent over Logan’s granite countertop

"Oharound, and slapped an said you had the instructions for me"

He was not serious! Time to leave

I threw the envelope down on the counter, and caught it slide to the floor froan said it was i Jax had the decency to cover himself, or at least cease and desist, I ran forward and snatched it up froirl cry out