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Chapter 14

Author: Crystal L
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Thomas:

“Ready?” I asked Kiara who was cleaning the mug of coffee she gave me earlier. She closed the water faucet and looked at me making me smile. I knew that she had told me that she was in the relationship for the money, and I would be lying if I said that I didn’t already know that. But I knew that there was a reason under it, she didn’t seem like the kind to care about excess money.

“Yes, just let me get my things…”

“Keep them in my office, I’ll lock it up. We’ll come back here after lunch” I said stopping her.

“Won’t that drag too much attention to us?”

“Not really, considering I’m going to fire the assistant and hire you instead of her. I don’t see where the issue would be there” I said casually making Kiara frown in confusion “what?”

“Why are you going to fire her? Come on, Thomas, the girl did nothing wrong

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