Page 51 of Stolen Kiss

“But you came back to the company, didn’t you?”

“Yeah. As of right now, I have fulfilled the ridiculous demand in that will.”

She was silent for a beat. “You mean Elodie.”

“Yes, with Elodie.”

“Well, it’s just as well that she came when she did, huh? Everything seemed to work out for you in the end.”

“Yeah,” I said softly, moving my fingers through the long soft strands of her hair. She didn’t know.

She didn’t know that Elodie wasn’t the “accident” everyone seemed to think she was. I wondered how she would react if she knew. Would she think of me differently?

Fuck if I knew.

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