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"I didn't bribe them. I just made them a very good offer."

I started at her lower back. She hummed when I pressed at the base of her spine and then traced it back up. I studiously avoided touching the sides of her breasts. I was going to focus on those later. When I reached her shoulder blades, I pressed all my fingers into them before kneading her flesh. She hummed again.

Fucking hell, the sound went straight to my cock. When I moved my hands lower on her back, I pinched her right ass cheek.

She looked over her shoulder, grinning. "Just so you know, once you're done with me, I want to be your masseuse."

“Hell yes, babe.”

Chapter Twenty-Six

Jake

"David, you’re a genius," I said, reading over the official offer he sent. He was the buyer interested in Whitley Advertising. Over the past three weeks, we'd gone back and forth over the details of the offer. I hadn't told the family anything yet, but with this last offer, I knew I could at least get Grandfather to consider it.

I had calls with Ben and Betty later today to discuss New York business, but I could make time for a lengthy chat with my grandparents.

I was about to call my grandmother when my phone lit up with an incoming call from Maddox. I frowned.Interesting. I'd gone by their office a couple times since Natalie started there, whenever she stayed after hours for the tournaments, but Maddox hadn’t called me before.

"Hello, Jake," he said.

"Hi."

"I'll keep this short. You know our biggest event is coming up. Well, the biggest one Natalie organized."

"Yeah, she told me the details."

It was tomorrow evening, and she couldn't stop talking about it. She lit up from the inside whenever she spoke about her work. I kept wondering why she'd gone into the computer science and predictive analytics field in the first place.

"I wanted to officially invite you too. A lot of important names and companies will be there. Potential clients for Whitley Advertising."

"Natalie will be there, so count me in.”

“I like your priorities.”

Over the past weeks, I’d been juggling things more than usual, negotiating the sales offer on top of conducting daily business at Whitley Advertising and the daily checkups with New York.

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