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She turned to hiaped open, but her eyes said it all

At last, Grayson could breathe “You like it?”

She nodded vigorously and s But I don’t understand”

“You will There should be more in the box”

She turned around and lifted out a Venetian oing to the masquerade ball”

“You are now It’s called payback”

Her puzzled gaze met his “Payback?”

“Yes, you signedBy the way, I really enjoyed the last part” When a so the ht it was ti”

Just then his phone buzzed He wanted to ignore it, but he couldn’t He was expecting a decision from the board As he checked the caller ID, he realized it was them

He moved to the other end of the room to take the call If it was bad news, he didn’t want Annabelle to overhear He’d need a ht words But he sincerely didn’t believe that it’d come to that

A few minutes later, he returned to Annabelle She sent him a curious look but she didn’t pry

“Aren’t you curious?” he asked

“I figured if you wanted me to know that you’d tell me”

“What would you say if I told you the board unanimously approved the South Shore Project?”

Her eyes widened “Really?”