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CHAPTER HUNDRED AND TWO
Bree woke up late, in a super comfy bed that was definitely too big to be hers, strong, sure and safe arms cuddling her against the warm and very naked torso of a man..........all skin and no clothes.
It took her a minute to recollect how she'd gotten here and whose, these hands were.
Ryder......
She'd thought last night was a dream, but apparently it wasn't and he was really here or maybe she was the one that's really here because this is his house.
The events of last night seeped into her mind in sequence, starting from her thrill at being all dolled up and going for her first billionaire studded ball, to meeting the one man on Earth she never thought she'd set her eyes on ever again in this life time.
Fast forward to the scene with her enraged boss and the slap she'd taken to her face that still somehow stung a little this morning.
It wasn't the best night of her life and real shit had gone down but she had it to thank for this mome
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