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Ignoring her outburst, otherwise she’d end up engaged in a full-on war of words, which hat her sister wanted, she waved good-bye “See you later!” she said and rushed out the door

Unfortunately, when she reached the ground level and exit and opened the door to the street, rain sprinkled down just as the bus she planned on taking pulled up to the corner

There was no time to run back upstairs for an umbrella, so she braved the rain and hoped she didn’t look like a drowned rat by the time she arrived at her new job

Kaden Barnes walked out of yet another unproductive settle, his business partners, Derek West and Lucas Monroe, by his side He exited into an early-round, the skies had opened up while they were indoors, and his foot hit a puddle before he cli Town Car

Fucking swell This day was just fantastic already, and it was barely nine a thee chunk ofearly, intending to catch him at a weak moment, when he wouldn’t be as focused and ready to talk ter to steal a piece of their es As they all knew from experience

, h on him

Unfortunately, all the power plays in the world didn’tto their attorney, because Julian had been there during the initial design phase, they’d have to come up with soo away In Kade’s book, any acknowledgment of Julian’s supposed hand in the creation of the Blink app was a loss And Kade didn’t like to lose

He remained silent on the ride don to their Soho offices while Derek and Lucas talked about potential offers Julianon that The man had a cocaine problem Money would probably be the most welcome solution Lord knew he hadn’t been interested in rehab when offered, and no way in hell would they give him a stake in the company

“You could have shaved for this ,” Derek said as they exited the car a little while later

Lucas slahed The asshole

Kade shrugged “I wore a suit You can’t have everything”

They’d agreed to dress like the adults they were, not the tee-shirt-wearing juveniles they preferred to be, in order to let Julian knoouldn’t be walking all over theed out and ended up in court, their company valuation would be impacted They couldn’t afford to let that happen, and Julian knew it Which meant he had the upper hand

Still stewing over that fact, Kade followed the others into the elevator He hit the button for the top floor, heading up to the area above the workspace they shared with ee

He strode past the abstract paintings surrounded by steel beams toward his private office and stepped inside The wall-to-s provided hiloomy rain that matched his mood All he wanted was to hole up at his desk and work on the funding No distractions, no bothersome annoyances, no—

“Goodup from beneath his desk

He blinked in surprise, then narrowed his gaze at the strange woman he’d never seen before “Who the hell are you, and what are you doing under there?”

“Iit back in,” she said, pointing to the far corner of his desk “You can pull it forhen you need to work I set the keyboard at a better ergonomic location so it’s safer for your back Not to mention, you’ll have easier access to your files when you’re sitting at your desk,” she explained, clasping her hands in front of her