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He shrugged one shoulder “I have opportunistic tendencies This opportunity presented itself and I decided to follow it to its conclusion There were two options in this situation—do as expected of s”

“And that’s all? Because truly, with that as your only motivation, I’m not really filled with comfort and warm fuzzies”

His gaze sharpened, his dark eyes intense “It’s i When I say I will do so back”

He said it with such purpose, such unequivocal certainly that she couldn’t help but believe him

“You didn’t have to do this,” she said It was the truth She was the one in the stranglehold She was the one as in a situation that was too big for her, nothing unusual there She was the one who needed help

But instead of giving up, like she usually did, she’d done whatever she’d had to in order to secure her success Unfortunately, that hadDante into the situation, and she really did sort of feel bad about that

“I ae my mind”

“But is the …that’s all you want?” she asked Seriously, it was a stupid question because she didn’t exactly have anything to give hih

He put his fork down, and took in a deep breath, his expression one of barely contained annoyance “I have been the target of malicious rumor and speculation by the e a villain I thought itto see if I could end up a hero”

There was no real venom in his words, none of the emotion that was so easy for her to think should be there That the er seeivable But he just said it like it was an interesting fact And he talked about changing public perception as if it were noexperiment

“What did they…say about you?”

“That I had so so over their heads, that I was a plant for the Mafia—racially htolder couple in their beds”