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And she would pretend she wasn’t sad it had to be this way

Coy was the way to go here But she had to tread very carefully with the devil incarnate No point in raising his suspicions by agreeing to his deal right out of the gate “What if I already have plans for dinner tonight?”

She did have plans If working until everyone else left and then going hoht-thousand-square-foot house on White Rock Lake, where she’d open a bottle of wine and eat frozen pizza, counted as plans

“Cancel the about the leak to have fun, anyway Have dinner with soets that Where you can unload and unithout fear”

“What makes you think I need to unwind?” she purred to cover the sudden catch in her throat Had she tipped him off somehow that she was tense and frantic 24/7?

His slow set to her?

“Oh, I’ skills,” he told her blithely “I see that things are rough around here You can’t be happy that word got out about your unreleased formula You’re at a unique place in your career where you have e nuether and convince everyone that you have things under control With et it”

So inside cruht she’d developed wasn’t so effective after all Hoas he still so good at reading her?

Noould be a good tio She unglued herself froainst the open wounds in her chest but better than nothing Let him make what he chose out of her move

“You can’t coy,” she told him, pleased how cale Not anymore”

Arms crossed, he watched her fro a faint trace of that s”

She shut her eyes for a beat Dinner was going to be far more difficult than she’d anticipated

If Gage was involved in corporate espionage, catching him in the act was the only way to prove to the others she could lead Fyra through these difficult circuot rid of him, once and for all His hundred-million-dollar offer wouldn’t be a factor and the leak would be stopped