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“I think I’ll stay,” Cliff said lightly, then he laughed cruelly “This is quite the little drama, isn’t it?”

“Please,” Elena said, trying hard to remain calm, “leave”

“What the hell are you doing here?” Neal said from the front door

Elena spun around to see Neal standing there Relief flooded through her, soht Neal walked inside, sla the door closed behind him

“Cliff?” he said rudely

“Just getting to know your little ely “That’s all”

“E

“You are paying her for a service, unconventional though it may be That makes her your employee”

“What exactly are you trying to say?” Neal asked bluntly

“I’ to lose this co his sh to keep your fortune”

Neal's hands clenched into fists

“There is no way for you to prove that,” he said, struggling to remain calm

Cliff laughed Then, from inside his jacket pocket, he pulled out a few post card sized photographs He threw them onto the empty kitchen counter so that both Neal and Elena could see They were i each other,together Neal noticed that soo when he had kissed Elena near the kitchen He looked up furiously

“You knohat they say about people in glass houses,” Cliff said with a laugh

“All this proves is that I a that Elena flinched slightly at his words, but he went on, “it does not e’s child”