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“That’s not it Fro in his staterown by leaps and bounds”

She went back to her bedroo into the kitchen, so she laid theh it, he stared at her with icy fury in his eyes

“These records show your investment had nearly fifty percent returns But the actuality is that he’s lost it all? He’s fronting the funds from somewhere else?”

“Looks like it,” Clio whispered

Instantly, she was lifted off the ground in a bear hug “You did it, bella You found it” Putting her down, he cradled her face in his palms “That’s all we need to expose him, bella Jackson won’t recover from this”

“It doesn’t feel like an achieve he did, everything he ever said tolie How can I ever—”

She waschair and pulled her onto his lap His long fingers tracing the angles of her face, he pressed a kiss to her temple Held her within the cocoon of his embrace “Shh It’s all his shame, Clio Not yours”

It was a place Clio never wanted to leave, and the as so visceral that she shivered

Holding Clio in his araze abate as he kissed the lush curve of hertime

Strange since seeing his parents after so long, unburdening his sha love to Clio, the day should have been an emotional roller coaster

Yet the facts that Clio had uncovered about Jackson, that he finally had a chance to bring his he had done to soinside him

He couldn’t find it in hi Instead, he felt grateful

With her actions, she had only shown hiiven Serena’s rejection over his very life And yet here she was, struggling to find herself again after Jackson had stolen so much from her