I could admire her the way I would admire anything except Eva-objectively, dispassionately. Her tight smile widened, transforming her from a beautiful woman to a stunning one. Eva would be with me shortly, the very thing I’d been waiting for since the workday started.Ī flash of crimson in the corner of my eye just a few moments later had me looking back out at the work floor and seeing Corinne marching toward my office with Arash hot on her heels. Through the glass wall separating my office from the rest of the floor, I watched Arash round the corner on his way to reception, and then I mentally brushed the whole thing aside. “I’m sure you heard that, Scott, but to be clear, Madani will handle.” “She wants to talk, she can talk to my attorney.” “Keep thinking that while you head up to reception to get whatever it is she has.” “If only my wrong women looked like Corinne.” Because it’s private, she wants to give it to you personally.” She says she needs just a few minutes to drop off something for you. I pressed the button, and his voice came through the speaker. Now, thanks to her, I would continue to build it for our future. I’d built my empire with the past in mind. She revitalized me, made me anticipate living in a way I never had before. I was happiest when I was alone with her. Having her all to myself had been heaven. “An excellent idea.” Taking my wife back to the Outer Banks was my goal. “So what are your plans, then? Breaking in the new beach house?” “It’s one thing to expand your portfolio, another to reboot your life overnight.” He chuckled. “When have you known me to delay sealing a deal?” I surveyed the city, taking a rare moment to appreciate the hawk’s-eye view afforded me by the height and position of the Crossfire Building. “If I remember correctly, you tagged two women when we blew out Cinco de Mayo, and a few weeks later you’re telling me to draft an insane prenup.” “You showed no sign at all you were leaning that way,” Arash said behind me. My father had dragged our name through the mud I’d lifted it to the heights of the most relevant city in the world. But I’d needed the Cross name to be memorable and mentioned in a different way. How was it possible that I’d found her here, in Manhattan, at the very building I’d had built against sound advice and at great risk? Too expensive, they’d said, and unnecessary. I hadn’t known Eva was out there, had been afraid to even dream of finding the one person in the world who would accept and love every facet of me.
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Standing, I walked to one of the two floor-to-ceiling walls of windows framing my office and took in the city that sprawled in urban splendor beyond the glass. It couldn’t be changed, so why rehash it? I’d never denied that my past shadowed my present, but I saw no need to share that past with anyone before Eva. I never expected to share my life with anyone. “So did I.” Which wasn’t quite the truth. “I gotta tell you, I expected you to settle down at some point-we all do, eventually-but I thought I’d have some warning.” If so, I’ll try to talk her out of it.”Īrash laughed. “You are a man of few words.” Casually, he asked, “You up for getting together this weekend?” Still finessing some clauses, but we should be ready to proceed by next week.” His style was slightly flashier than mine but couldn’t be faulted. “The Morgan deal is coming together nicely.” Adjusting his tailored slacks, he settled into one of the two chairs facing my desk. His prey drive was nearly as highly developed as my own. Do you have something for me?”Īpproaching my desk, he grinned in a way that told me he loved his job, although I never doubted it. Until his arrival, the brightly colored carafes and Eva’s red vase had been the only spots of color in the monochromatic expanse of my office. I sat back, absently noting that his emerald-hued tie matched the jeweled decanters decorating the bar. “What’s the secret to getting sent some of these?” The card that accompanied the flowers sat on the smoked glass of my desk and I fingered it, rereading the words for the hundredth time.Īrash pulled a rose out and lifted it to his nose. There, they had been successfully drawing my attention away from the stock tickers streaming on the wall of flat screens behind them. I’d had them placed on the coffee table in my direct line of sight. My lead attorney walked over to where Eva’s white roses decorated the main seating area. “More flowers?” Arash Madani drawled as he strolled into my office through the open glass double doors.
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