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He barely knew

what he said to them as his eyes searched the crowds for Holly His heart was racing and his body was in a cold sweat Sy down?

All the things he’d never get the chance to do

All the things he’d never thought of

His eyes fell on Oliver, chatting with a trashy-looking girl by the open bar As much as he despised his cousin’s boorish behavior, Stavros realized in some ways he’d been just like him

He’d never cheated or lied to a girlfriend, it was true But that was hardly an aer than a reater than the pull of lust, or if a mistress demanded any emotional involvement from him, Stavros would simply end the affair

For nearly two decades, he’d worked eighteen hours a day, building his tech company Unlike Oliver, he wasn’t afraid of hard work At first, he’d only wanted to succeed as a big ed father, who’d cut off his mother without a penny and excluded Stavros from the Minos fortune But by the time he enty, he’d learned the pleasures of work: the intensity, the focus, the thrill of victory He’d become addicted to it

But the truth was, he still wasn’t so different from Oliver Like his cousin, Stavros had spent all his adult life focusing onwith beautiful wolement Stavros had just been better at it

It was a blow for him to realize that Oliver, as weak and shallow as he was, hadhe hadn’t: he’d taken a wife

Two years younger, and Oliver was already ahead While Stavros had so little time left

His eyes narrohen he finally focused on Holly, speaking urgently with the bride on the other side of the ballrooh the crowds, ignoring anyone who tried to talk to him

He carily, “How dare you say such a thing!”

Holly flinched, but her voice was low as she pleaded, “I’m sorry, Nicole, I’m just scared for you”

“I don’t care what you iine, or what Stavros Minos says Oliver would never cheat Not onas her eyes flashed “You don’t deserve to be my maid of honor I should have asked Yuna, not you! Better an old college roommate than a jealous old maid of a sister!”

“Nicole!”