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Chapter 74
KAI POV:
It was time for Lilith and Kaiden to leave. I was agitated and moody, my mind wandering to places I didn't want it to as I thought about the last time I said goodbye to Lilith here in such a situation.
It was over eight years until I had laid eyes on her again. And while I knew deep down this was not the same situation, I was edgy about the two-week separation. I was definitely looking forward to being with them at Lilith’s house. I already had my assistant hire someone to look for properties there for me to buy. I couldn't very well do it myself yet, it would set too many alarm bells ringing and I wanted Lilith to have a look at a few while she was back in the city, before the people found out and life became crazy for her.
I walked them to the car, hugging Kaiden to me and kissing him goodbye with the promise of speaking to him every day. I pulled Lilith into my arms and held her for an inordinately long period of time. I never wanted to let her
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Fifteen minutes later I pulled the car up in front of the great Kevin Rivera's office. His assistant looked up, startled, as Luca and I rushed past her desk."Mr. Rivera, you can't go in there! Your father has asked not to be disturbed! Mr. Rivera!"He was typing away on his laptop as we walked in and barely looked up before returning his gaze to the screen before him. Dressed in one of his power suits, one of the ones I know he usually reserved for days when he expected to be in the media's eye, with a red tie knotted perfectly around his neck and hair recently cropped short, every shiny strand in place, it was apparent that he had big plans for today.So, while he sat straight as an arrow, with no remorse or apprehension for the blatant lie, for the slanderous garbage he had just released marking his features, I tried to gather some semblance of control. But fury pounded wildly through my veins; the pressure of it throbbed painfully between my temple. My jaw c
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"Kai… as I said, I appreciate what you did during that press conference." I drew in a deep breath and exhaled it quickly. "But I wish you wouldn't have to incur losses for it. I wish you wouldn't have, for all intents and purposes, asked the current President to kiss your ass."Kai snorted and dipped his head down to my eye level. Frowning, he gazed at me in total bewilderment. “I don’t understand you.”“That makes the two of us,” I shrugged.He chuckled and dropped his hands and despite it all, I chuckled along with it.“I only did what I should have done all those years ago.” He studied me carefully. Though he had let go of my face, he was still so close that his breath warmed me.“I am still in business,” he murmured. “I am still a billionaire. And who knows, maybe in the future, people will understand what really happened and my business will grow a hundred-fold.” His eyes
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