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“I knoe’re strangers to each other,” he said finally “I know that I’m nobody to you… but the reason I’m here is that I need to ask you for your help”

A, desperate eyes and she felt her heart quiver a little

“I don’t kno I can do that, Neal,” she said honestly

Neal took a deep breath and jumped in

“There is a way I can keep the co faster as he came to the root cause of his visit “You see, if my brother had left behind an heir, a child of his own, that child would inherit his controlling stock”

“I don’t understand”

“And until that child turns twenty one, I would retain control of the company”

Elena shook her head, “I still don’t –"

“My brother dedicated himself to this business completely, Elena He wasn’t involved with anyone; he left behind no children”

“Then how –"

“I would like you to claiirlfriend I would like you to clai his child”

The silence that filled the little studio apart for her reaction Elena stood frozen, blinking hard and trying to make sense of what he had just said After a fewback, Elena backed away from him slowly

“You’re joking, right?”

Neal’s face remained impassive “I’m afraid I’m not”

Elena looked iically