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He slipped a thick envelope out of his jacket pocket and took ers around it

“I’ with the apartet you your furniture back”

“This isn’tfor five daer toward the ticking time bomb he’d handed over

Seeing hih my peephole Leo Wilder in a tux was a crime Women’s heads continued to turn, as they always did whenever he entered a room

I sed hard before venturing a peek Waverly Hotel Group was e the heavy, raised lettering, tracing the classic font

My cla it With treers, I unfolded it and read the lines Each word blurring as tears welled in my eyes A Waverly Hotels Group internship A six-one”

“Not one bit It kills one for six months And if they take you on full-time you’d be away frouish leached from his words

My head snapped up “Then why?”

“You deserve this”

“Before…why did you call e? Why show up here?”

He stepped in closer, invading esture without an audience Plus, it’s our way, isn’t it? I ruffle your feathers and piss you off You don’t let et aith it and fire back at me”

“Thank you, Leo But I can’t take it” I stuffed the letter back into the envelope before I changed my mind, and handed it back to him

“Of course, because that would be too easy” He finished his glass of chaulp, but otherwise didn’t ainst his chest

“It’s not o to Europe and leave Tyler here He’s going to have trouble readjusting to home, so I need to—”

Leo held up a finger in my face and took out his phone “Yes, I have her here”