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The hiccups in her plans here—the wrong et as needed—they weren’t the saized her, rather than drained her It e in her work here was for the betterhts at hoh respect to do her damn job properly

After getting off the phone with her father, Laine took a tour of the roo that was yet to be done For the past several days, she had been focusing all of her energy into the renovations, not going out, and rese her stubborn, New York–self a bit

It beat trying to think about the aardness at the end to their trip to the Tree of Life Regardless, Aziz seemed rejuvenated by the trip, and he’d spoken of it fondly at dinner the next day Laine decided to try to be happy for hi in the world, having had a brush with death herself

Laine found Aziz in his study, peering at his computer with a frown on his face She took a ether in a line, and he rubbed his finger over his lip slowly Then he straightened slightly and started to type

She waited a few ly, that someti Licking his lips, working, sleeping It was less than dignified, but just the sight of him sent her heart into her throat at times

Eventually, she broke her gaze and sneaked up behind him It wasn’t hard to do, as his office was so spacious He had a couch and a coffee table in there

“Ah!” Aziz gasped as she circled her arms around his shoulders “You!”

“Noho’s working too much?”

Aziz let his head fall back and smiled “Someone has to pay for these expensive renovations!”

Laine chuckled and kissed his upside down lips “Wanna see the latest addition?”

Aziz raised a brow and swiveled around in his chair “You have so special for me?”

“So I think you’ll really like,” she teased

Aziz followed her down the hallway to the ing There were several large roootten around to all of them yet, Aziz had expressed a preference for work to focus on one rooe transo west, and currently only a few pieces of covered furniture The crew had painted that , and Laine was extremely pleased with the result