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Cole laughed “Son of a bitch One more weekend with her”
Deacon felt the burden lift It wasn’t n she would have to debut it at the conference If he didn’t, she was required to be their travel companion It was a in
“Get out of here and let me study these proposals I’ll let you know the finalist”
Cole nodded “I’ll wait for you call” He stepped in the elevator and disappeared
Deacon opened the flap to the first design He sat back in his chair and studied the lines This est decisions he made, but at least he knew he had one more weekend to spend with Abby One more weekend to convince her to become theirs One last chance to make her realize she here she needed to be
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Abby
She paced back and forth in front of the large s in her office This was agonizing She had delivered her design over three hours ago How long was it going to take Deacon to make a decision? What if he already had and she wasn’t the choice? He had gone with someone else and she had two more weeks with the bachelors
She closed her eyes, exhaling a long breath The past teeks had changed her She hadn’t had any contact with Cal She had a new kind of freedoh it was under the constraints Deacon and Cole set
She felt free fro No more schemes to make money She didn’t like to think about the ways she had helped hi about her teeks with Deacon and Cole had taught her the past could really be the past
She had iven a new office Had a new career, using her passion for art And every night she dined with the sexiest o As much as she had hated how it came to be, she had started to wake up with a smile on her face
She went to bed feeling safe She awoke feeling as if she had a purpose Deacon and Cole had given that to her
What happened if she did win the bet? Would Deacon throw her out of the office? She won and her freedo her arms Was that really what she wanted? Did she want to leave them and not look back?
Abby jumped when her phone buzzed
“Abby, Deacon would like you to meet him in his office” Abby rushed to press the button on her intercom