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Her friendship was all too i as fleeting as sexual attraction No el she’d requested and started it toasting He called Cole’s cell phone while he waited for it

“Geary Security,” the other reed to the substantive changes to the structure of the house, but doesn’t want the foliage touched”

“That doesn’t surprise me”

“It doesn’t?” It sure as hell had stunned Neo If it had been him, he would have had the opposite reaction

“I researched her house’s history after dropping off the proposals Her parents bought that house before she was born,” Cole said “From the size of most of the bushes, I’d say someone planted theuess, I would suggest it was herNeo had much experience with, for with all the luxury now at his disposal, senti he could ill afford

“That’s what I’lars or stalkers”

An ie of Cassandra’s expression before she’d swept out of the kitchen played in Neo’sto let that sway her”

“You persuaded her to go for the doors and s You can convince her about the foliage I’ll reschedule the gardener when you do”

Neo wished he was as confident, but for the first time in years, he considered the possibility he’d met someone as stubborn as he was In fact, the last ti so, he’d befriended thehim his business partner

There was only one word to describe Cassandra when she came downstairs, dressed for the day in a navy blue pantsuit

Cranky

She sat down to eat her bagel with a grudging thank-you tossed in his direction, the hapless bagel getting a glare before she took a resounding bite