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“This isn’t about that,” I said

“No, you’re right This is about the co we put into this Whatin to to oes away once and for all Even if it et every penny we put into the coround”

I took a deep breath and shook h Harper couldn’t see it “Before you ju to affect the coative this time Let’s wait and see what happens”

“You want us to sit back and wait, potentially losing everything? The coht fall completely Is that what you want? For a woman?”

I was sure that it wasn’t going to be the case This ti to have a positive outco, even if it all crumbled before me and I lost as i toelse

“Let’s just wait a little longer,” I said “Let’s see how it goes by the close of the business day”

Harper agreed, but he wasn’t happy I understood the investors’ frustrations, but I was confident, if not in who I was to the world, then at least in my love for Erica All I needed was for everyone not to freak out We needed to keep cal run its course I had done everything I had been able to do All that re to work out Whichever way it was going to go

When I glanced at the notifications again, there wereup The tabloids were especially running with the love story, and it was exactly what I had wanted I grinned as I read the articles

They had photos of Erica co out of hers They had photos of her that they had taken when she had tried to get by the press and photos ofwhere we posed readily for the caether

That had to change As soon as ere able, I wanted theether so it wouldn’t look like ere hiding I wanted the world to know that ere happy together and willing to be like that in public

A short while later, Shane walked into my office

“Do you want to tell me what that was all about?” Shane asked He stopped when he sawat your phone?”

I looked up at him “Did you see it?”