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‘Morgan was a long way froh numb lips

Ari nodded ‘According to his line er, he asked for that clause to be a the double bonus and he never reinstated the original clause Therefore, you are not entitled to receive funds’

Ari watched her expression go froer, then back to disbelief She opened then shut her aze narrowed suspiciously

‘Please tellthis up becausebecause of’

‘For so me believe our incident is behind you, you seehtest opportunity’

‘I wasn’t I justI can’t believe Morgan would do that to his parents’

To his parents Not to her The curious statement set off alarm bells in his brain He didn’t like alarm bells They re and hard in the years before his father’s real character had been brought to light

They reminded him that in the end he’d lived in false hope that the father he’d looked up to wouldn’t attempt to throw him to the wolves to save himself

‘You think that the husband you were so happy to betray was less than honest with you? Need I point out the irony there?’ he bit out more sharply than he wanted to, therawer by the minute

‘I didn’t betray Morgan’ Again an expression a lot like pain crossed her face He hardened hiainst thinking about her all the way through hishe had barely been able to control because he hadn’t been able to tear hisspace, touching his things, leaving the hypnotically seductive scent of her body all over the place

Theos, what had he been thinking, offering her the use of his apartment when he could just as easily have sent her across the street to the luxury guest apart executives? Because he hadn’t wanted to risk her strutting into another bar, catching the eye of another hungry predatorythem a taste of what she’d offered him

Stasi!

The ad to lift histo you, nor do I take pleasure in prolonging thisinformation I’ve provided it What you do with that inforest you come clean with your in-laws and find a way around it’