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Chapter 61 Bad Blood

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(Nick)

I paced my office, checking the time again. Ten minutes until Brigitte Renaud arrived. The old merger documents lay spread across my desk—the ones I had saved five years ago when Jean-Paul’s died.

Harlow knocked. “Sir? Mrs. Renaud is here early.”

“Send her in.” I straightened my tie, bracing myself.

The woman who entered looked nothing like the one I had met five years ago. Her hair was now dirty blonde rather than golden, as if she’d stopped dyeing it. Her face was lined deep by grief.

But her eyes—they pierced straight through me, just like Jean-Paul’s had that night.

“Nicholas.” She spoke my name softly. “You look exactly like you did then.”

“Madame Renaud. Please, sit.” I gestured to the chair across my desk.

“Brigitte,” she corrected, settling gracefully. “We’ve been corresponding long enough to use first names, haven’t we?”

“Of course.” I sat down, hands flat on the desk to keep them steady. “I will have the transfer documents ready for review—”

“I didn’t come for paperwo
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