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“You don’t need to—”

“I want to talk to you after work It’s i with his vibrant blue eyes In his suit, he looked like a powerhouse He didn’t just own this building, but the entire city

“Okay…” It ht before But I didn’t knohy he would bring it up now just to leaveall day

Without another word, he turned around and walked down the hallway, his ass looking tight in his slacks

The second he was gone, I wanted him to co he was on the other side of the building I wanted to knohat he wanted to talk about—and if it was good news or bad news

At the end of the day, he arrived at ainst the doorframe as he announced his presence with mere power

I felt him behind me, so I turned around in my chair to look at him

He stood with his hands in the pockets of his suit, his shoulders phenomenally broad and powerful I reed my nails down his back The muscles tensed and coiled underneath my touch

I grabbedto the silent co e to understand what he wanted I ether, uard silent with imminent threat

His driver took us back to his house near the edge of the city I was tempted to ask him what he wanted to talk about, but since he hadn’t mentioned it, I assuether

We walked inside, and I slipped off my heels as I usually did, just like when I stayed with him for a few months

He locked the door behind us and immediately turned on me, his expression dark It wasn’t clear if he was mad or just intense Lately, I couldn’t tell with hie that he was unpredictable “I don’t know if I can give you everything you want, like the house with the picket fence and the kids…but I can give you this” He pulled a box out of his pocket and popped it open, revealing a black diaold

I kneasn’t proposing toto say either

“I signed Ruin over to Jackson It’s his now I have nothing to do with the place”

Now that I knehere this conversation was going, I could hardly breathe He said he wouldn’t give anything up fora co