Chapter 31: The DinnerDay 7/365VICKY.Rue didn’t maintain eye contact with me, and honestly, I was glad he didn’t.We had a heated argument a few hours ago, and I was still embarrassed.“I’m sorry if anything I said earlier hurt you or gave you the wrong idea,” Rue said quietly, breaking the silence.“You don’t have to apologize to me,” I replied, my voice low but firm. “But I would love to make a request.”“Sure,” he said, keeping his eyes on the road. “What’s that?”“We are in a contractual relationship, so I’d appreciate it if we kept things formal. I know we’ve talked about this before, but this is serious business with a $10 million compensation clause for breach. We shouldn’t joke around or act like we—”“Hold on,” Rue cut in. “Are you saying this because I brought up Clause B of the contract?”“I’m saying that where we need to fake it and pretend, let’s do that. But when we’re alone, let’s maintain our actual agreement. That includes scrapping me out of your Friday fancy brea
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