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“Of course,” I reassure her with a soft laugh “Who knows, though,after your hot ass for months”

“Yeah, right” She rolls her eyes “Exciting things like that never happen to me I expect e or so as hell”

“Positive thinking,” I remind her

Mallory waves rins fro to have a wildly wicked weekend”

I grin back “I positively know that, too”

Just as we laugh, the waitress delivers our pasta to the table, settingscents of butter and crealass “To wild adventures”

She clinks lass with hers “Hear! Hear!”

Liam

In the central business district, I sit behind my desk in the corner office on the fiftieth floor It’s a typical Wednesday afternoon in theinround later this afternoon, discussing the Bakker deal to solidify the offer for my clients Outsidethe job done I’m proud of what my law firm has becoeles’s top firht, sch contender in corporate law

And yet as I glance out the bank of s behindoff into the distance at the ht where I want to be, my personal life has taken a considerable blow That’s not because I’ve spent toomy time in a relationship

Aria That’s ht there

Ever since I walked into ahis new assistant with the expressive eyes and the che between us, no one else coet her

That’s the probleettable

I draw in a deep breath, staring down at typical, heavy Los Angeles traffic, knowing I et one weekend with her This is my only shot I need to ensure that by the end of the weekend her loyalty shifts to me

“Vivian Markle is on line one for you”