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Chapter Seventeen: It's The Little Things.
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2020-12-13 01:11:16"You have got to be joking." Neiwei drawled as he threw the documents that I had handed him earlier across my desk.
He had sprawled his beautiful tanned body across from my desk as his deep hazel eyes drilled holes in the back of my skull while I casually perused the bookcase behind Vivanna's desk.
It was fascinating, she had thousands of books, but each looked newer than the last.
"I assure you, Neiwei," I replied calmly, "I am not."
Isaak readjusted himself in his position. As much as I hated his presence around me, I did not need a repeat of last time.
My hand trembled slightly, and I covered it with my other hand, then cleared my throat.
"I am however willing to make a bargain with you," I say, turning sheepishly but his glare caused me to stop acting in 'said' way and regain my composure.
His glare had made it clear that 'friends' is not what we would, or could ever be, and I, for one, did not wish to push it. I was lucky that he
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