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I lift the corners of my mouth into a fake smile. “Because… you don’t like money?”

“Chance has money!”

“That’s his money. Not yours,” I say. “Do you really want to depend on a man for the rest of your life when you could be financially independent?”

She stares at me.

I sweeten the pot. “Technically, I should be paying off Chance, but he’s not in my office, you are.”

The wheels are churning in her head.

“How much would you be willing to pay?” she asks.

Gotcha.

“Life-changing money…” I set the stage. “Two million dollars under your name. I can wire the money anywhere in the world.”

“That’s not enough,” she says.

Now we’re talking.

“Name your price.”

Her eyes shift from left to right.

She’s thinking.

“For ten million dollars, you can have the stupid videos and the photos—”

The door busts open, interrupting her mid-sentence.

Mariah screams in fright.

Police officers pour into my office, followed by my security guards.

“LAPD! Hands up!” A female officer leading the pack, shouts, her gun pointing in front of her.

This nightmare is over.

“I didn’t do anything wrong,” Mariah says. “That man was trying to force me to have sex with him. You should be arresting him!” She waves an accusatory finger at me. “Look, he ripped my coat off.”

I roll my eyes.

“Ma’am, I’m going to repeat this one more time,” the female officer says. “Hands up!”

Chapter 47

Arianne

When an idea catches fire, it’s a beautiful thing. It also means you have to strike while the iron is hot. Hence, why Rhys and me have sort of taken up permanent residence at Tekknika Audio. For the sixth day in a row, we’re trapped in a conference room with Leland and his team. We’ve been at it all morning. I hope we’ll stop for a lunch break soon. I need to run to the bathroom, replenish on food, and more importantly, text my boyfriend. Speaking of the very sexy CEO, I miss not seeing Beckett and I miss not being able to sneak around for some naughty fun without getting caught.

I was praying for last week’s announcement to be a massive success.

God answered my prayers.

SCORE Yours scored big time!

The tidal wave of interest is overwhelming and humbling. As a result, the entire company is pedaling hard to start delivering SCORE Yours to an expectant crowd. Getting the prototypes done took a lot of strategizing, but going full-scale is a mammoth of a project. There are so many moving parts. Thank God Leland and Rhys are confident we can deliver without fail.

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