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e screen. I closed it and focused on the coffee I was brewing when the phone started ringing. I knew who was calling,

emergency appointment she'd had? My eyes narrowed as he grabbed her hands, and I took a sip of my coffee when she det

d my cup of coffee tighter, considering going down. If they wanted to argue, did they have to do it in front of the company? The most important element in the arrangement I was entering with Danielle was making our parents have no

ion, she might well have been yelling. The anger I was feeling lessened, and my lips pulled into a smile as I continued watching the scene. I opened my text

exact moment she saw the text as she looked up at the window I was staring from. "I need you back at the office in the next ten minutes." As annoying as it seem

ELLE

did he need me for?" I turned to Lucas, who was still looking furious. Well, he

go. My boss

is is his way of already trying to control you? It's just past your lu

h. "I really have to go. I'll call you later or something." Without waiting for him to agree or reject it, I left him standing there an

an older brother fighting my battles for me, and it was the fact that he was treating me like an invalid who didn't ha

sult being my breathing a little bit fast as I knocked on his door. I really need

e called, an

aid, entering his office, and

t a file on the table, but his

had ever called my name, but why did it feel like he was furious with

r." I w

and my mind went blank. Obviously he had seen m

at it looks

the middle of our argument, and Lucas had been holding my hand. I remembered it was when he had brought up the fact that he still hadn't been able to get over his sister's death, and me getting

ody knows I don't share, so it will make no sense for me to marry a woman that has another man pinning for her." All these were said in a very calm and collected

get my bearing, a woman came into the office. The woman was dressed impeccably in a blu

something?" She stopped wh