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CHAPTER 60

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Nicholas wouldn't stop thanking me for coming with him on the drive back.

"That's the shortest lunch I've ever had with Audrey," he said, shaking his head like he couldn't believe his luck. "She stretches every meeting to the last second. Drains me dry. But she's a client, so I'll sit there and take it."

"You know why she does it." I shot him a look. "She likes you. She's not exactly hiding it."

"I know." He sighed. "But I don't mix with clients. It gets messy when it goes bad, and it always go
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  • Mr. Hayes’ Secret Heir   CHAPTER 62

    "Don't ask me anything about Naomi." Chase held up a hand. "Take it to Mason.”"I wasn't planning to ask you."That surprised him. He shook it off fast and steered us off Naomi and onto the next thing."Be honest with me. Is there anything going on between you and this guy?""How many days have I known the man? What could possibly be going on?""I've slept with someone inside an hour of meeting them. Days don't mean anything.""Not everyone's you." I shook my head. "There's nothing between Nicholas and me but work. The only place anything more is happening is inside his head. Which is the whole reason you came running over here about a picture."Chase grinned. "You and Mason didn't give me the reaction I was hoping for. But that's alright." He glanced around. "Where's my nephew? I haven't heard his voice.""His nanny started today. He's with her."His face perked up. "Is she pretty?”"Don't you dare go there. Not a chance I'm letting you anywhere near Lior's nanny.""Only if I find he

  • Mr. Hayes’ Secret Heir   CHAPTER 61

    I rushed back to the living room and dropped onto the couch, pretending to be deep in the app, when Mason stormed past and went straight up to his office.My mind kept chewing on what Naomi said about the agreement. What it meant. What it had to do with Mason. I thought about calling Chase, asking what he knew about her, then stopped myself. None of it was my business.Still, it bothered me.The truth was I still had feelings for Mason. Those last few days in Chicago, before we moved, it had felt like something was shifting between us, like he might finally close the distance.I had my fingers crossed that he'd close the gap soon. But now Naomi had shown up, and from the look of things, there was already something there. So I decided to let the hope dim. To take myself out of the equation. Not that I was ever really in it.After Ruben, I swore one thing to myself. I would never be the reason another woman hurt. With all those women he brought home, I used to think, this already cuts,

  • Mr. Hayes’ Secret Heir   CHAPTER 60

    Nicholas wouldn't stop thanking me for coming with him on the drive back."That's the shortest lunch I've ever had with Audrey," he said, shaking his head like he couldn't believe his luck. "She stretches every meeting to the last second. Drains me dry. But she's a client, so I'll sit there and take it.""You know why she does it." I shot him a look. "She likes you. She's not exactly hiding it.""I know." He sighed. "But I don't mix with clients. It gets messy when it goes bad, and it always goes bad. The job suffers." He glanced at me. "So no. Whatever Audrey's hoping for, not happening.""Well, you're on your own next time," I told him. "I'm not sitting through another lunch with that woman. Deal with her yourself."He grinned, his eyes flicking to me. "Absolutely not. Whatever you did back there, I'm keeping it."When he pulled up to the house, he told me to use the weekend. Study the articles he'd sent, drill the app, all of it. "Monday we go straight in. No easing you in. You rea

  • Mr. Hayes’ Secret Heir   CHAPTER 59

    Nicholas texted that he was outside before I'd finished my coffee. I was at the table with Lior and Mason having breakfast.I stood and kissed the top of Lior's head. "Be good. Have the best day at school." I grabbed my bag."Where are you rushing to?" Mason asked."Nicholas is outside."He exhaled through his nose and looked back down at his coffee. I headed for the door, halfway through the kitchen doorway when he spoke again.“Mia.”I turned. "Yes?""The boots I got you. They're more durable than the ones you've got on. Wear those next time.""Okay. Thanks."Nicholas drove us into a part of town lush with green, trees leaning over the road, gardens spilling past their walls."It's beautiful out here.""Client's request." He took an easy turn. "She's moving down from Canada. Wanted a quiet neighborhood."We pulled up to the site, and the Nicholas I'd spent the drive laughing with was gone the minute he stepped out of the car.He moved through the skeleton of the house, rattling off

  • Mr. Hayes’ Secret Heir   CHAPTER 58

    Chase refused to show his face.I texted him to stop lurking and come out already. He only laughed it off, said he wasn't going to do that, that the whole fun was in the mystery, and told me to just go home.I climbed into Nicholas's passenger seat, and the back-and-forth rolled on the whole drive. Chase made himself my LA guide, starting with a whole field manual on spotting the fuckboys out here, the gait, the lean, the way they materialize the moment a new girl lands.When I pointed out he was describing himself down to the last detail, he said that was the point. Asking me who better to learn from than one of the very best.Nicholas kept stealing looks at me, the corner of his mouth twitching every time I cracked up at my phone, like my laughter was contagious even though he had no idea what was funny.He didn't ask, letting me have it, his eyes going back to the road each time, content to let me keep the joke to myself.We slowed, and he killed the engine in front of Mason's hous

  • Mr. Hayes’ Secret Heir   CHAPTER 57

    I sat in the passenger seat of Nicholas's car, biting my lip, my palms pressed flat against my thighs. The silence wasn't helping. Neither were the glances he kept sneaking at me.God, there was no coming back from this. My first day on the job and I'd gone and gossiped to my boss's son about how strict his own mother was. Right to his face. Before I had a clue who he was."You're going to hurt yourself if you keep doing that," Nicholas said, his eyes on the road."Doing what?""Biting your lip. Crushing your hands." He nodded toward my lap. "You've been at it since we got in the car.""Oh." I let go of my hands, embarrassed.He chuckled. "As much as I'm enjoying watching you spiral, you should relax. You didn't say anything wrong. My mother is strict. You didn't lie."The breath I'd been holding finally let go."My sisters and I call her the shark," he added. "Because if you're not careful, she'll swallow you whole."A laugh broke out of me, and just like that the knot in my chest ca

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