Xante smiled. “You’re overestimating yourself. Newmoon Group can more than afford to lose the business you bring us. I appreciate all the romantic gestures you’ve done for me tonight, but you should know I’m not the young girl I once was. Frankly, these things embarrassed me.”

Shawn felt a pang of hurt in his chest. Frowning, he said, “Xante, I…”

Xante did not want to hear what he had to say anymore, so she shouted toward the private room, “Aaron!”

“Coming!” Aaron immediately ran out of the private room.

Xante threw a set of car keys toward him. “You haven’t drunk any alcohol, so you can drive me home. Bring the car around, and let’s get out of here.”

Aaron caught the car keys and said under his breath, “What does she think I am? Her driver?”

toward the entrance. She waited for him to bring the car

Aaron arrived with the

your ex-boyfriend might not be the important person he thinks he is, but his phone does hold the power to a lot of mega-companies’ resources. Are you sure it’s okay to

him a side-eye. “Should I introduce you to him, then? You can exchange all

way! I’m straight,

Xante ignored him.

she knew he would think he still had a chance

be friends, Shawn would use the resources he had as a bargaining chip, and that would make Xante’s life even more difficult. Thus, cutting him off was the best course of action. After all, there would always be other ways to acquire more

to fall for him when I was young,’ she thought. The only feeling she had toward a

car was not taking the familiar route home, so she asked Aaron, “Where are

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