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If Cedric Moore hadn’t been walking through the KC lobby while she was arguing with the receptionist, Devon might have been tossed out on her a*s. He came over and saved the day by asking her what was going on and where Zave was.
The older man had been friends with Owen Knight, and to this day made all the decisions for KC that Zave didn’t. He left the suits he was escorting out of the building and took her to the express elevator that went directly to the top floor.
“I’m surprised to see you here without Zave,” he said.
Devon had felt him side-eyeing her throughout the ascent but was too busy trying to figure out what to say to her brother, Rig, about what had happened. She couldn’t think about being social or explaining herself to this man whom she’d only met once.
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