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Afterward, they’d shared a shower and breakfast, and he’d shocked her by kissing her before leaving for the MadX-Tech offices for the day The way his mouth seduced hers had been slower and sweeter than his nor that affectionate side of Maddux made her heart esture so she didn’t set herself up for disappointment

Sex with Maddux had definitely forged an inti else could shatter the fragile truce between thes were resolved with her father, she had no idea where she really stood with Maddux or if there was any chance that she could coe against her dad

“Hey, are you okay? You look a little flushed”

Startled out of her private thoughts by her boss’s voice, Arabella ju her knee on an open desk drawer She winced, hating that she’d been caught daydrea, to the extent she hadn’t even seen or heard David approach her cubicle

“Sorry,” she uiltily as she rubbed the sore spot on her knee just below the hem of her pencil skirt “I’ it was to finally lose inity

“I noticed” His brows furrowed in concern, but he didn’t question her further and instead placed some printouts on her desk “Here’s those reports you asked for, but it’s already after five, so you can archive the infor”

“That sounds good,” she said, nodding “Have a good evening”

“You, too, Arabella”

Once David was gone, she shut down her cohtened her desk, and prioritized a stack of work she needed to tackle to next to her keyboard, vibrated with a text When she saw that it was fro swirled inside her and she tapped on the e to read it

So came up with a client I need to handle in the city, so I won’t be ho Don’t wait for me to eat dinner, and there is no need for you to harp at h the security ca dialogue

His open communication and bit of humor was an improvement, too He certainly didn’t have to explain his whereabouts to her, and the fact that he’d been thoughtful enough to do so made her smile

Miloto drive her back to Maddux’s, and she was grateful when she walked into the lobby and found it e the other ain to “save” her

Up in the penthouse, she lass of the Pinot Noir that she and Maddux had enjoyed the night before with their meal Afterward, when the kitchen was cleaned up, she headed into the bedrooht of the blouse and leggings that Maddux’s sister, Teraciously loaned her the other day She’d already washed and folded the and thank Tempest for a kindness she hadn’t had to bestow on Arabella, when she was certain the other woainst Arabella for whatever her father had done to their family

After picking up the clothes, she headed two floors down to the level marked with a capital T She wasn’t sure if Tempest had her apartlad when the elevator chimed her arrival and the doors slid open on the other woman’s floor

As soon as she stepped foot out of the elevator, it hit Arabella that Tempest’s place was the opposite of Maddux’s While his penthouse was sleek clean lines and ht hues splashed all over the place, es, yellowsthey all blended together in a surprisingly tasteful way, and Arabella guessed the interior design of the place was an expression of Teh she didn’t know the woman at all But a person didn’t decorate with such vivid and dramatic flair if they didn’t have the bold demeanor to match