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“Of course, Bria I wouldn’t ht?”

“Right”

“I’ll be working tomorrow but it’s my half day, so I should be out of there by one”

“Good”

“How’s Aunt Sasha doing?”

“She’s good”

“Still helping her with the clutter?” Olivia giggled

“You’re not funny You should be here helping ”

“You know I’ the whole day helping her sort through old vinyl records from the seventies Disco and what have you”

“Please Don’t even get anizer You’re so good at it”

“Yeah, right,” Olivia said Her whole love life was a anize that “I’ll see you tomorrow by two”

Olivia ended her call and tossed her cell phone in her bag Her phone beeped She’d just received a text or a phone e She went to retrieve her phone and saw the display

1 Voicemail

She pressed the key on the display to listen to the e

Hi, Olivia

Sorry, I ht to voicemail I’m in New York for the day I’et back

The Belmont New York?

Olivia hadn’t realized the Jonah E Belmont Hotel (its official name) also had a branch in New York She knew they were international So that was it? Maybe he had so her hopes all up? God, even the silky, deep timbre of his velvet voice stirred a reaction in her She loved listening to his voice She loved everything about him

Stop it, Olivia Focus on getting out of there It’s never going to work out between you two Don’t get your hopes up The last thing you need is to be hurt again

Dane and she had an agreeether with no strings attached Nothing ht

Olivia then realized that Dane probably tried to call her cell at the exact saot to her first He said it went straight to voicemail

Crap

As much as she loved her sister to bits, she would have preferred to have spoken to Dane thisher then leaving her in the ood-bye

“So what’s this about you leaving the palace?” Chase quizzed his brother after theirat the Belmont The men flew their private jet to New York, an hour plane ride from Beles of not having to worry about flying coht we’d all agreed to stay with Dad for at least the year while he’s in the condition he’s in”

“It’s only tes on his tablet “I’ll be checking up on hiular basis I’ve decided it’s best not to stay there now”

“Temporary? Best not to stay?” Chase wore a curious expression on his countenance “Does this have anything to do with Olivia?”

“Why do you think that?” Dane shot back, not looking at his brother, but focusing his eyes on the events page in front of hiht of his life with Olivia and it messed with his mind He knew he had to keep his distance so he packed up so while Olivia was still asleep and tried to , but Ted was up early At that time, he’d asked Ted to oodies before she headed to work He went back into his penthouse in Toronto

He was falling for her and he knehere this would lead It was for the best, or so he thought

“Oh, come on now, bro I’m not blind None of us are”

“Blind?” Dane echoed, looking up

“Yes Love is blind, but your family is not”

“Listen, Chase, I knohat it looks like, but Olivia and I are friends” Even as Dane spoke the words, his heart was telling him differently Dane also didn’t want anyone in the household to know that he’d slept with Olivia That would really get Jonah worked up Jonah would get his hopes up for nothing, thinking Dane was going to fill his dad’s bucket with a boutonniere That was never going to happen, so why put the old h heartache? Not to mention Dane couldn’t handle any rejection fro out the same way it had with Sophie She was on the rebound Merely seeking a soul to fill the void that was just left by her ex It wasn’t real love, only a temporary fix

He’d been torn thiswhat to do Should he have stayed in bed with her? Or did he do the right thing by calling it off before it got any further?

Then he’d gotten the e at the Beler was in an accident and wasn’t at work They had a major banquet with the CEO of one of their top clients of a Fortune 500 company

“Just friends? Coirl since day one You have security all over her watching her every move”