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She found hi about this businessmen, they had some ace up their sleeve Just when you’d think they were assholes, they’d turn out to do some charity work or shit like that

“Justin, hi,” a wo in front of Mikaela

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“Hi,” Justin began, wondering who the woman was He hoped he hadn’t slept with her or taken her out to a date or sohts She didn’t look familiar

“We were introduced last week at Malibu Sunset,” she tried to reh end bar

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“That’s great, but I’ to my date here,” he said smoothly “I hope you don’t mind”

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She stared at it for a full three seconds, realization dawning that he wanted to get far away from the intrusive woman as soon as possible She took his ar, but fully sure that she wanted to stay away froe of selfishness, and she wanted to keep him for herself

“Who was that?” Mikaela whispered, as soon as they were out of earshot

“Soot One of my friends introduced us and I disliked her immediately,” he told her

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