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“What do you mean? You’ll come, but you won’t talk?”

“I can’t drink”

Sae’s desk “Why not? AA?”

“Underage I’m twenty”

Samson stared at her for a moment He had known that froht about what that er than his baby sister But Lana had been taking a glass of wine at special occasions since she’d turned sixteen

“I can order for you,” Samson said finally “It won’t be a problem”

April chewed on her lower lip and waited behind hi on such an ie and picked up their keycards and then turned back to her

“Remember that I have you here because I need your expertise Don’t let anyoneme”

April’s lips parted, and she nodded quietly “I’ ”

“Old habits die hard” Sauided her to the elevator “To be honest, I used to have that habit as well You learn to assess your own value and have confidence in it You know already what you’re good at and what you need to learn, and that’s a good start When I was your age…”

Saht back on what he’d been like fresh out of college “Well, I’ll just say, at twenty, I was not as capable of telling stubborn old ”

“It bodes well fortemper a positive trait” April looked up at him as the elevator doors closed

“Just ai from the last one”

With a stab of pleasure, he watched her giggle

Sa some paperwork He hadn’t seen Ethan Crumb and Johnny Jones for a few years, and if he were honest, it had been too long Since he began leveraging his real estate holdings into a larger congloe around on holiday with them Now they owned their own little series of shops in several major metropolitan areas in the UK that were in severe need of a branding upgrade