Chapter 14 The Bar Tab

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I found a place fast, and whoever owned it had real taste. It came with a sunroom, and coming home to a drink out there at the end of a workday felt like a small luxury. Aiden came by every now and then. He said that whenever I was ready to let somebody in again, he wanted to take a number and stand first in line. The one thing souring all of it was Weston refusing to leave me alone. I blocked every number he had, and he simply borrowed another phone and called again. I turned down every invitation he sent, and a fresh armful of red roses landed on my desk at work anyway. By then, the whole office knew Weston was chasing me. He and I did not live under the same kind of spotlight. His engagement to Sloane had been everywhere, and every colleague I had knew his face. The people who

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