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Chapter 46

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Bella had read the offer document four times before seven a.m. She knew every clause. Every change Carlos had marked in red. And every place Lorenzo had made something look like an opportunity when it was really another way in.

She put it in her folder anyway and snapped it shut.

Carlos was at the kitchen counter, eating standing up. Whenever something was weighing on him, he rarely seemed to sit still. He looked up when she came in fully dressed.

"His attorney confirmed it this morning," he sa
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