MATHEWThe phone call from my investigator was still ringing in my ears when I slammed the device face-down onto my desk."She did what?" Louis asked, crossing his arms as he leaned against the office bookshelf. He had been waiting out the silence, watching the storm gather behind my eyes."She grabbed Murray Bruce by the balls under the table at *L’Aura*, forced him to sign over seventy percent of the Horizon project, slapped him across the face on her way out, and left a hundred-dollar bill on the table," I said, a dark, breathless laugh ripping from my throat. I ran a hand through my hair, pacing the length of the room. "The literal exact copy of what she used to do when someone backed her into a corner. She doesn’t remember me, Louis. She doesn't remember our apartment, our nights, or the fact that I used to hold her while she cried. But her muscle memory? Her corporate instinct? That’s all perfectly intact."Louis let out a low whistle, shaking his head. "Man, Murray’s father is
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