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“Get your arse to the table for s This isn’t hoe run a business”

“I swear,” Rachel said “If you start going on about how ain, I will tackle you to the floor, res, and beat you to death with it”

There was silence before Harry said, “She’s always been cranky in the s”

Lake leaned forward to clasp his hands on the table “Let’s recap We don’t have anything from the video yet We don’t have any leads on the men who attacked Rachel We don’t knoho’s behind all of this, but for soone fro?”

“No” Rachel folded her arms over her red and black color-block dress “Except that I have no intention of giving in to a blackh, and I’m a whole lot older and less easy to inti to be very disappointed when I don’t resign today”

“You can’t go back to TayFor,” Lake said evenly, obviously under the erous We don’t knohat your return ht provoke”

“Plus”—Elle stole a sausage frolare as he wrapped his aro back to TayFor; we found the thief”

“That’s not the only reason I have for returning,” Rachel said, feeling strangely hesitant about sharing her plans She glanced at Harvard, and his usual calm demeanor immediately eased her nerves “Which is why I called you here thisI’ve decided to return to my family’s company for the foreseeable future”

“Yes!” Ryan shot to his feet, fists in the air “Best News Ever” He grinned as he pointed around the room “Pay up because I won the bet She’s been lured back to the family coht now”

“And then I’d have to get a rabies shot, so please don’t”

“What bet?” Harvard asked as Ryan sat back down and folded his arms over yet another T-shirt that Rachel didn’t understand This one said, By the Power of Grayskull

“You knoe had to drop the sex bet?” Ryan said Everyone around hiroaned “What? We can’t even mention the word now?”

“This is a business ,” Callum snapped “So, no, you can’t mention sex”

Ryan pointed at Rachel “It’s not like it’s a secret They’re obviously doing it, which means I would’ve won the first bet too”