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The Counteroffer (iii)

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Chapter 3

“No more evidence, no more leverage. If you are still here, it is because you want the same thing I do.”

Vincent spoke the words from the doorway of the suite’s bedroom. Morning light cut across the floor. Maren sat on the edge of the bed wearing only the shirt she had taken from his chair during the night. The city beyond the glass looked ordinary. Nothing about the hours behind them felt ordinary.

“I am still here,” she said.

“I can see that.”

“The folder remains in the safe.”

“It d
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