Chapter 44 (Xander’s POV) The walk back had changed something. Or rather, confirmed something that had been changing for weeks without my full acknowledgment. My hand finding hers in the dark wasn’t an accident. It was deliberate. The way her fingers laced through mine without hesitation, the comfortable silence between us… it confirmed what I’d been trying to ignore for weeks. I wanted her. Not just in my bed. Not just for the contract. I wanted her— mind, body, fire and all. Richard was waiting in the penthouse lobby, his face serious. “Fournier,” he said without preamble. I stopped. “You found him?” "More than that," Richard answered. He handed me the tablet. "He contacted us first. Through the French legal intermediary. He's been waiting." Sophia stepped close, her shoulder brushing mine and the faint scent of her skin made my cock twitch. The message was brief. Formal. Written in the careful language of a man who'd spent sixty years in legal practice and u
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