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He leaves the rest unspoken Geez, he’d threatened to fire her if she e and then hightailing it out of here today must mean that she accepts Colton’s relationship with

"I wanted to be honest with you about my past I want a real future with you, Soph Tell ," he says

"I’lad you opened up and told me about Marta" But deep down I know the issue with Marta is the least ofbold, I straighten my spine "But if you wanted a real relationship with ive uilty crap about money for the Africa project – if your finances were in that precarious a state, would you have really spent a million on a sex slave, oh excuse me, I mean mistress? By the sounds of it, Marta is not soet over it, but if you want this withto have to show me that I’m worth the risk I can’t share you with Stella"

"You’ll never share me" His dark eyes i

"I a at et off her property is firo near the pool?"

"Sophie, I signed the papers Last night in my office, when you interrupted me," he says

"WHAT?"

"Yes It’s done I e"

"Why didn’t you tellit in casual conversation like’s no big deal

"I didn’t want to interrupt our fun last night" He smirks

I remembered in vivid detail our steaed to giveback at once, andyou said, the way you laid yourself bare, your complete faith and trust in me – that was exactly what I needed And if you’d known I’d signed the papers before you told me all that, it wouldn’t have had the same impact," Colton continues

I see what he reed to have blind faith in hi, and it turns out, he already had My heart swells with happiness

"Colton…"

His eyes swing over to ives me a small smile

When I ask about the ter back He tells me that his net worth of three hundred and sixty five million dollars was divided exactly in half And as happy as I a finalized, I hate the idea that his noife is receiving even a dime from him She’d already stripped him of his trust in woed to spend five hundred million dollars in Africa over the next ten years, but I see now that can’t happen My heart is heavy for him, and I work to convince hienerous He nods and pats hts are faraway