Aaron’s POV
After making sure she understood she only had three days before she was expected to fulfill her role in my bed, I left her room and pulled the door shut behind me.
Downstairs, I tossed my suit jacket aside and dropped onto the couch.
I decided to stay in Malibu tonight.
Not out of pity for Angela but because I didn’t want her dying before I collected what she owed me.
I went back out to the car to grab my laptop. Once inside, I opened the remaining files, sipping my coffee as I worked. It was nearly one in the morning when I finally closed the screen and stood.
I headed back upstairs.
I opened her door quietly.
Angela was asleep. Her face looked calmer than before. Still pale, but her breathing was steady. One arm lay slack at her side, the IV line still in place.
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