Her assistant exhaled a silent sigh of relief.

Returning to her work, Alexis organized her documents before making her way to meet Leonel, knowing all too well that avoiding him was not an option.

She found Leonel waiting in the reception room, impeccably dressed, the gleam from his wedding ring impossible to ignore.

A plain kraft bag rested on the table-its contents a mystery.

Pausing at the doorway, Alexis spoke with an air of casual detachment, “Mr.

Douglas, looking well.

Is this a social call, or should I expect a wedding invite?”

Leonel couldn’t tear his gaze away from Alexis.

She looked remarkably better than before, and the sadness that once clouded her expression seemingly vanished.

It was as if someone named Leonel had never caused her any pain.

the outline of

to fix herself a cup of coffee

seemed

machine hummed to

take anything in

Here’s the deal.

transferring twenty percent of my company’s shares to your name, you can

used to

hung in the air as the

coffee, Alexis settled into a seat across from

in months that

Leonel’s

She wasn’t naive.

understood Leonel’s attempt to win

shares valued at billions, and

really that

than her reconciliation and her change of heart,

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