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“We need to buy a proper holasses

“I heard a business associate is selling his town house down the street from me It actually has a yard Maybe we should take a look at it”

Her hand pausedin Chelsea”

“A fifteen-h for you?”

“Not if I’ into your castoffs in the park”

His mouth quirked She’d be shocked at ho of those women he’d taken to bed Everyone would

“My discards won’t be strolling in the park at midday”

“I’ in Chelsea, Coburn”

“And I’ on the East Side Maybe we split it down the o somewhere neutral? The Upper West Side perhaps?”

Lucie set their salads down in front of theh for her to give the cook a smile It disappeared when she left “I need to think about it It needs to be somewhere central for me for work”

“You don’t have a job And you won’t for a few years to come”

“You’ve decided that, have you?” She picked up her fork and pointed it at him “I have a career, Coburn I’ve spent fourteen years studying to becoeon Maybe you should stay home and I should work”

“And that wouldthe baby who’ll need the recovery time and I just took the job as CEO of a multibillion-dollar company”

“You’re the one preaching sacrifice”

“Not on this Yes you will go back to work, but the early years for a child are crucial You know that better than anyone You can go back to hen they’re in grade school”

“Grade school? That would killto want to hire me after five years away from the knife?”

“What’s the alternative? Do you want our child to be raised by a nanny?”