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CHAPTER EIGHT: THE RETURN

Auteur: I. O. Jessie
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With that last word, I left the penthouse, pretending not to notice Mavros’s heavy gaze as I exited the door, and then the building. As I approached my car, David suddenly cut in front of me and opened the passenger door.

“Excuse me, ma’am,” he said.

I opened my mouth to tell him that he didn’t have to do that, but then I closed it when I realized that it was, quite literally, his job.

“Thank you,” I said instead. “Still, I can drive myself, David.”

“I’m afraid I can’t let you do that,” he sai
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