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Finn just looks atThe look on his face is so potent, so intense that I actually take a few steps backward As if I could escape him that easily
"It has to be you You"
"The contract said that we couldn’t send a different maid I’m not here as a maid I’m here as the owner"
"It will be you or the entire deal is void I want you here everyday You’ll clean and decorate the place The only area of the penthouse forbidden to you is theso unreasonable that I have to fight back a tide of curse words It’s like he’s determined to make this as difficult as possible Then I realize that’s exactly what he’s trying to do
"If we’re expected to clean the entire building then I’ll be ofcrews"
"It’s you or no one Think carefully, Rissa I don’t think the bank will give you any more extensions on your loan"
His casual mention of my loan just confirms what I already suspect He knows just how precarious e I wonder if he laughed as hethat I would have to take it He probably thought it was a contract in front of me and then watch me scramble to meet all the requirements
But I have no choice but to dance to his tune Because he’s right, if I ht callon ht"
His face doesn’t change but so ht harder Why is this so i from hi ives me a small smile "Don’t be late"
Then he turns and walks away, leavingin the middle of a beautiful vacant apart alone ever since I enty It’s been a long time since I woke up to the sound of so in the back of uess what so sounds could be her feet s Probably cabinets closing as she looks for cleaning supplies I can picture her in e of her from the prior day is burned onto my retinas It’s not that I didn’t knohat she would look like The reports I have on her are filled with pictures Sry pictures Pictures of her froes on the arm of the man she left ht of Marissa Blake in the flesh
I’d originally thought I’d sit out front and watch her clean but after yesterday, I find I don’t have the saht I would Punishing her sounded like such a great idea before this I wanted to bring her here and show her everything she could have had Show her that she chose wrong and that I’m not just some loser that couldn’t take care of her properly But that was before I saw her There’s so different in her eyes now She looks like she’s been punished some by life already