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“He just wantedmore to myself

“Since the o a bit easy on hi a bite out of her chocolate croissant "If anything, Arsen was trying to protect you"

"How's that?" I ask

"Well, he sold his co to protect you for as long as he could They probably would have pressured you for sex or so there"

Her words stun me What if that's true? Could that be it? Was Arsen just trying to keep me safe and protected?

I ask, "How do you know all this?"

"I have my ways"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

She thinks for aor not, but then continues, "Do you res around Mr Arsen Hawke?"

"Vaguely," I say, thinking of the times I’ve seen him on the video conference screen or he’s come by Arsen’s One57 apartment ‘Gerard?”

"Well, he's the lawyer Arsen uses for everything, including selling the pieces of his co Si as he can because he’s worried about how the irls that work there"

"How do you know that?"

"Let's just say I've seen him—both inside… and outside of the club"

"No—you two are having an affair?"

Yas them shut