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“I don’t?” He sounded surprised What did he think? That she was going to beg hi to sound as if she was talking about so “That’s fine by ement”

“Right,” he said, courteous yet distant “Good Yes, it was”

“Okay then”

“And the real reason I called was I just want you to know JoJo will be calling you soon”

The real reason?

“He will? Is everything okay?” Panic rose in her voice

“It’s good I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t”

“You wouldn’t?”

“He let uy who left you those text es”

“Oh, thank God Who was it?”

“As we’d suspected, it was someone your ex oweddebts He owed a lot of dangerous people, but this guy was the one who’d sent the text He’s been sending a lot of people hatesoes he’d sent you were found on his cell phone”

“Oh, okay, good,” she said, sing hard, feeling as if her throat was going to close up “Well, I really don’t need to have security followingI told you to stop them”

“I still wouldn’tyou covered”

“Oh, I’ood Really And you’ll be happy to know I found a nice apartment on the west side close to work, so I’ll be out on my own soon”

“You did?”

“Yes I’ve been quite busy, you know”

Dane said nothing

“Anyway, thanks sothe call

Her heart collapsed in her chest Wasn’t he going to insist she stay with him at his palace? Or move in with hirooman who had her own life to attend to Dane entered it at the right tis to end

And she’d be eternally grateful to him, truly forever She couldn’t believe how close she’d co lunatic Thank God for Dane and his men Yeah, thank God Noas tier needed to be in Dane’s protective care

Well, what the hell just happened? Dane thought to hi the palace? She found a place? Well, he couldn’t very well hold her captive at his faainst her will, now could he—especially since he’d moved back to his penthouse? Why the hell didn’t he say so to her about it? As o

He leaned back in the office chair of his executive suite So last nightto her? Her body’s response to him sure told him differently But if that’s the way she felt, then so be it He was right then to keep his distance Rebound love That’s all Olivia was—on the rebound

One night, no strings attached

Well, if he orried about her getting hurt, it see to fret about But why in God’s naht truck had just slammed into his chest?

He drew in a deep breath

“Everything okay?” Chase checked with Dane, co into his suite at the Belmont New York

“Yeah, I just got off the phone with Olivia”

“And?”

“Nothing I let her know they caught the guy who sent her those text es”

“That’s all?” Chase said, putting his briefcase down on the table in the room

“That’s all Now you and I have to go over those notes fro the subject

His brother froze for a nized the look on Dane’s face that told him—proceed no further

Chapter 18

The next day, Olivia got ready for her field assignlad to have her work to bury herself in Helping others, forgetting about her own troubles Thank goodness, they’d found out who the guy ho’d sent her those creepy textto see her new apart her sister, Bria, to the open house at the college Her whole afternoon was already planned No time for Dane And that was fine with her The farther she kept her distance from Mr Belmont, the better