{Thea}One week.Seven days until I was supposed to fly to London with Noah Blackwood and start a new life working under him in Europe.I sat cross-legged on the plush carpet of the guest bedroom in Noah's penthouse, staring at my laptop screen. The cursor blinked at me mockingly as I refreshed my email for the hundredth time that evening.Nothing.I'd been living here for ten days now, and every morning I woke up feeling like I was suffocating under the weight of luxury I hadn't earned. The penthouse was beautiful… But it wasn't mine.None of it was mine.I heard Liam's laughter echo from the living room where he was watching some sappy sitcom. At least he seemed happy. After everything he'd been through, seeing him smile again made this uncomfortable arrangement almost worth it.‘Almost…’My laptop chimed, and I nearly knocked it off my lap in my haste to check.New Email: Sterling & AssociatesMy heart stopped for a short moment as my eyes scanned the email header again and again.
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