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Chapter 11

Come Here

After a decent night’s sleep—more than decent, really, I slept better than I had in months or maybe years—I was able to shake off whatever maudlin, self-pitying bullshit I’d allowed myself to wallow in the night before, the result of too much anxiety and adrenaline. Dimitri had knocked Jerry’s socks off. My father wouldn’t be able to force us to break the bond now that we had that old martinet’s approval. Mates were for life, after all.

I’d have to deal with that later, when Dimitri and I did eventually break the bond after I got my position as CEO. But Jerry had to be pushing seventy. He’d have to retire at some point, dammit. We’d make it work.

As I poured my coffee, I found myself actually whistling. It promised to be a beautiful sunny day, and that lifted my spirits even though I’d be spending most of it locked up in a conference room with my sales team.

Fuck it, maybe I’d shift and go for a run after work. Maybe Dimitri would want to join me, and we could c
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