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DONALDSON SEEMED LIKE a nice enough guy when he came into her office Held out his hand Gripped hers firmly And took the seat that she waved him toward

Gabrielle didn’t care if the guy was likable or not

She cared about what inforive her

Liaht he’d been served with the restraining order He’d finished his article Was working on a second

And had oing to see Taet to know hi to be short But he’d promised not to leave town until Gabrielle had come up with a defense for hi his of his father’s company And his mind Gabrielle needed his help

She wished she’d found the answers already She wanted him out of the state Away fro just beyond their doors

Lia to him

Filled with a desperation she couldn’t entirely contain, she faced Kyle Donaldson as though her life depended on the knowledge he could give her

While she had the entire file of paperwork on the account that Liao, she didn’t ask him about it

“When you knew you were going to lose your ho market collapsed and you knew the ho to hold its value, why didn’t you go to Walter Connelly and ask him for help?” she asked instead “I understand the coram for its top executives”

She’d done her homework And couldn’t afford to be played for a fool Donaldson’s response would tell her so about him And perhaps about Walter, too

Liaht And she had to succeed More than with any other client She was in love with thearound the fact anymore

Just as she kneith every fiber of her being, that she’d never be in a romantic relationship with hiuilt for the rest of his life

Besides, she’d made a very clear personal decision over the past few days She’d rather live with unrequited love than see her love for Lias for him and it didn’t work out