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Mikaela found herself hugging a pillow as she listened to the lulling sound

“Why don’t you like it when I curse?”

“It leaves a bad io for you alone It sounds hostile”

“I curse because it feels good when I do”

“Where did you learn this?”

“After my parents died…”

He stopped her “Let’s not talk about that Let’s talk happy things”

Like what? The contract ending? That he would move on so easily to other women? There would be other contracts She was just the first

“Do you like being alone?”

“I think it beats being surrounded by a lot of people who annoy me,” he replied

“Do I annoy you?”

He looked at her like she was asking the“Soood”

“I’ood in people”

“You shouldn’t and that’s unsolicited advice from a businessman”

“Not everything is business”