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“Oh Of course”

Mr Caruso spoke up “And we’re very happy to have you Trusttoday is definitely a treat” The older man turned back to Annabelle “What did you start to tell me?”

“Oh, it’s nothing Nothing at all”

She walked away, letting Grayson and Mr Caruso talk about as expected of hi competition She couldn’t deny that she was happy to see hi her?

And if he did, could she trust hiain?

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

“ANNABELLE! ANNABELLE, WAIT UP!”

Grayson had excused hiotten to relay a ht back It wasn’t exactly the truth, but it wasn’t exactly a lie He did have sootten He just didn’t want to oing around about them already

Was she walking unusually fast? Or was he just i to let this aardness between the on

“Annabelle” Foot by foot, he was gaining ground on her When at last he was just behind her, he said, “You can keep going, but just so you know, I’ll keep following you”

With an audible sigh, she stopped and turned to hiht we said everything last night”

“Annabelle, I want to apologize”

She shook her head “Don’t You were honest”

“But there was more I should have said” When her eyes lit up just a little, he knew he had her attention “I overreacted last night and didn’t handle things well II don’t knohat I was thinking”

“It’s for the best” There was a resigned tone to her voice