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“Ortiz, I’m not impressed We’ll talk about this later”

He knew Ortiz was loyal to him, and he trusted the man What this showed him was that Ortiz put his faith in the erous

Leaving the gym, he let Ortiz and a few of his men clean up the place

Clinition as Paul joined hi to tellold plan is?”

“Si to put security cameras everywhere He won’t be able to take a piss without uy that has been following him I want to knohat he’s been up to”

Pulling away froyuys that tailed Lori was already there

Paul followed hiht to his study He went to find Lori He wanted her against him

He found her in the garden, taking a swim in the pool

“You having fun?” he asked

She gasped and stood up “You scared me”

“I didn’t expect to find you here,” he said, crouching near the edge of the pool She moved toward the side and smiled

“I like that I can still surprise you Did you have a good day?”

“It’s getting better You saw the bikini I left out for you”

“It’s a bit revealing, but yeah, I saw it”

He winked at her

“I saw my father today,” she said

“You did”

She nodded “I … I told him not to come and see me anymore I actually threatened him with you”

This did surprise him “You did?”

“Yes, I don’t … want to deal with hi to fix hih”

She ran her hands over her face

“I’ you from your contract”

“What?”

“I don’t want you to be here because I order it, Lori I want you to be here because you want it”

Those ords Lori alanted to hear She’d not wanted to be bound by any contract, and yet hearing his words that released her, she felt sad