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one hand and her phone in the other. She froze,

. Did he s

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him. He ju

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asically, you're the only woman in New York

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hat was the

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on to the color schemes and vendor lists. Billionaires don't care about col

er a presentation, waiting

know," he said, leaning again

it's not supposed to

disarming. "Good.

way my sto

ed I needed "sunlight and pancakes" after a week of back to back

ly not going to g

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now why you're cautious. But you can't paint every m

not. He's rich, arrogant, u

drink. "But he keeps showing u

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ulips. His questions in the meeting. The way he'd looked at me, not wi

wasn't falling

voice whispered that t

ful, Alexander Knigh