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What did she want from him anyway? His money? It definitely helped her What else was there? His sparkling personality? His good looks were ood in suits She always saw hiues, and the like Was that what made women fawn over him? Was it the sex? True, she liked, no, loved the sex But she could live without it She wondered if he could Maybe he was a sex addict or soical test done for hined the contract

Well, too late for that now What she saas that he was a psychopath Being a CEO, he had the ent, superficially charh people easily, and he enjoyedher She didn’t know about other people, but it felt like he enjoyed doing that to her She knew about it, yet she allowed it Was this some sort of battered person’s syndrome now? Mikaela felt she had all the symptoms…

She wasn’t born stupid; she wasn’t born to take orders fros around for herself the best she could This was no exception Justin Henderson was just another test of sorts

“Won’t you stay?” she suddenly said with a bright smile

He stopped buttoning his shirt and looked at her face for aup

his shirt, without giving her another glance until she interrupted hi

“I only have an hour, and it’s running up Kinda busy today,” he told her

“You had an hour to drive all the way here for soht?”

He smiled “You could call it that”

She tried to hide her disappointment

“Hope you brought a gown If you haven’t, you’d better There’s a good show at the Opera House tomorrow,” he told her

“Maybe I’ll buy one,” she said acidly

“Yeah, you should I’ll see you in a few,” he said, picking up the suit he hung from the chair

See you in a fehat? Hours? Days? She technically had four o in London She watched hi to make small talk with her Yeah, because sht? Because there was no aardness here, right? It was just a contract being fulfilled Yes, that stupid contract She began to hate it immensely Add to the fact that they both carried copies of the contract, for it was et about it

She felt dirty again She felt used again No matter how much she told herself to enjoy the moment, to enjoy what he offered her, she just hated it when he did that She hated it when he ignored her, just had plain good sex with her then tossed her away like she didn’t matter at all