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Chapter 64: The Two-Million-Dollar Handshake

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**Leylie’s POV**

“Are you… by any chance… afraid?” Hayes asked, his voice dropping low, a vibration that seemed to move right through my skin. “Are you afraid that if you say yes, you’ll actually fall for me?”

The second the words left his mouth, my heart stopped. I felt the blood drain from my face, and I couldn’t help but take a step back. My hands clenched into tight fists at my sides, nails digging into my palms until they stung.

How did he figure me out? Was I that obvious? Could he tell t
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