HIS SECRET DESIRE (MxM)
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The Harlow Group sent three people.
Their lead representative was a woman named Patricia Hale, late fifties, grey-suited, with the particular economy of movement that came from decades of rooms exactly like this one. She shook hands without warmth or coldness, assessed the room in two seconds flat, sat down, and opened a folder. The two people flanking her said nothing and I did not expect them to. They were there to observe and confirm details, not to speak. Patricia Hale was the one who mattered.