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Chapter 35: The Reckless Bid
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The glass house looked exactly the same.Same cliff, same ocean stretching out to the horizon and same quiet that seemed to only exist here.Arwen stood at the window while Caelum carried their bags in and just let herself breathe for the first time in a week.No burner phone. No green scarf sitting in her desk drawer back at the estate. No voice on the other end of a line.Just the ocean, the light and the horizon.“It's a beautiful view.” Arwen said.“It is.” Caelum said from behind her.She exhaled loudly. “I could stay here forever, you know. Just listening to the sound of the water.” She smiled. “It's so peaceful.”He set the bags down and came to stand beside her. “But the last time you stood there, it looked like that you were carrying something heavy.”“Well, I’m not carrying anything right now.”“Good.” He put his arm around her shoulder and pressed a kiss to her temple. “Keep it that way until Monday.”She leaned into him and decided to let herself have this.-----Later tha
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THE WRONG SISTER Chapter 36: The Celebration
The Calloway deal hit the board table on a Thursday morning.Silas presented it. Caelum sat beside Arwen and said almost nothing, because the numbers said everything that needed saying. The three board members Viktor had been courting went quiet one by one as the valuation figures sank in. By the time Silas reached the final page, even Marcelline had uncrossed her arms.The vote to ratify the partnership was unanimous.Afterward, in the corridor outside the boardroom, Caelum stopped walking, turned to her, and looked at her for a long moment like he was still working out exactly what she was.“I want you in every strategy meeting from now on,” he said. “Starting Monday.”“I already have the Verdant integration call Monday morning.”“After that.” He started walking again. “Clear your afternoon.”She bit back a smile and followed him.Marcelline caught her before lunch.She was coming out of the office with her phone in her hand when Caelum’s mother appeared at the end of the corridor,
THE WRONG SISTER Chapter 35: The Reckless Bid
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