Mason's POVI did not sit down.Standing gave me something... Selina had moved to the armchair near the window.Daniel Cole remained on my sofa.The silence lasted long enough to establish that nobody in the room was going to pretend the previous ten seconds hadn't happened"Who are you," I said, "to her."Cole looked at me with the settled patience of a man who had been in rooms where he held the advantage and had learned not to rush the advantage."Someone she kept separate," he said. "From everything she was building with you.""That's not an answer...""We were together," he said. "Before you. Significantly before you." He paused. "She ended it when the opportunity you represented became clear." He said opportunity without weight, the way you said a word that was simply accurate.I looked at SelinaShe was looking at the city through the window."Why are you here?" I said to him."Originally..... money," he said. "Selina has been paying me for eightee
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