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“Fine,” I grunt, keeping le blurs in the distance

“I have a contract for her to sign,” Juan continues “I’ve emailed it to you I can send a few copies over to her, if you tellher in?”

The challenge of ta Catalina once seemed so fun, but afterto have to nail into shape She’ll fight it, but I’ll fight back, and I’ll win

“I’ll take it to her myself,” I mumble The compound rises in the distance

“What did she say when you told her about the proposition?”

“Does it matter?” I suddenly snap Juan doesn’t need to know that I haven’t actually really discussed anything with Catalina yet The more he acts like I haven’t skirted that part of irl is half the size of Brutus, so what exactly is the hold up? “She’ll do what I tell her to do”

I’ve left Catalina at my place don Juan and I have some serious business to attend to, and I’ht now, she’s a distraction I already have a hard ti onI need is to be caught with uard down

She won’t be alone while I’h I’ve sent over a couple of maids to fit her into some new clothes and teach her how to be a proper lady

She’ll probably say that I need soentleht how to act like a lady, but I don’t have time for lessons Catalina, on the other hand, has all the ti her out until she’s trained and loyal

I wonder how long that will take?

If there’s one thing Catalina’s not, it’s a proper lady She’s spicy, not bland, and rough enough around the edges that you could lass out of her

No She’s not a proper lady

She’s better

I kind of like the unsophisticated way she is; le bird than the defiant little ht she was A corner ofme back into the city, to that kitchen, to her, butThere’s work to do, and, as the gates of the cout

The usually busy driveway is nearly eh the s at our arrival; there are no guards at the door; no landscapers in the garden