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38; The Information Darian Should Never Have Given

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Darian’s POV

The meeting was scheduled for two o’clock at a private business club downtown. I arrived early, partly because I disliked keeping people waiting and partly because I wanted time to study the man who had offered to help me.

His name was Adrian Pell.

I recognised him from the message my assistant had forwarded, though he introduced himself as if we had never exchanged details. He was neatly dressed, calm, and courteous. Nothing about him suggested he was interested in a company close
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