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    “No, but she swaps boyfriends like it’s nothing. She’s living pretty well off the money she got from her ex,” Nathan replied, sipping his coffee but looking

    a bit down.

    I understood how he felt. His mother remarried and had more kids, leaving him, her firstborn, without any of her love. Now that he was grown,te maternal affection wouldn’t mean anything.

    I couldn’t help but ask, “Did your mom call you for a reason?”

    “Not really, just asking how I’m doing.” Nathan seemed reluctant to share more, but I had a feeling he had to help her out financially since his career was doing well.

    I dropped the subject, sensing he didn’t want to talk about it.

    We had breakfast together, and then I got in his car to go to the parking lot where I left mine. I had a meeting at thepany today.

    This meeting would decide my future position.

    When I arrived at the conference room, the meeting was about to start. Jared was in the hallway listening to a few people report on their work.

    When he saw me, his gaze turned dark as he stared at me.

    After wrapping up his conversation, he walked over and looked me up and down. “Did you not change clothes today?”

    bI /bwas taken aback. This guy was really observant.

    I thought maybe I should give him more to observe. I tucked my hair behind my ear, exposing my neck a bit.

    “Had a good night, huh?” He had clearly spotted the marks Nathan left on my neck.

    “It was alright. What about you? You look like you didn’t sleep well. Have you been having insomniately?” I asked with a smile.

    Jared smirked sarcastically, “Are you happy to see me not doing well?”

    He called out my little thoughts directly. I wasn’t even embarrassed; Iughed and said, “Of course not. I’m too nice of a person for bthat /bkind of bad thinking”

    “Nice?” Jared seemed to hit a nerve, grinding his teeth.

    I calmly replied, “Isn’t the meeting about to start? Everyone’s still waiting for you.”

    Only then did Jared stop chatting and head into the conference room

    Arty was the host for this meeting. As soon as Jered walked in, she eagerly offered bun materials, coffee, and a coffee cup, then leaned in the discuss the bagenda/b.

    iAny /iwas more socially bsavvy /bthan Tracy, more open jo her approach, especially when dealing with people and sharing men the waspadaily

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    I felt like Tracy was in trouble. Any indously bhad /ba better what than her

    As Jared istened to her exnation, nodding along he clearly aged her capacities.

    Airy nced at me, and it fell pointed, almond like he was showing off something

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    I sat in my seat, indifferent. If she thought she had struck gold with a man I had discarded, then she could happily take him.

    The meetingsted for two and a half hours, and my position was confirmed. I’d be moving to Shaville in three days.

    After the meeting, I went back to my office to pack my things since I wouldn’t being back here anymore.

    Suddenly, Amy walked in, a smile on her face. “Ms. Murphy, good luck on your trip to Shaville!”

    “Thanks,” I said coolly.

    She continued, “Don’t worry about things here. I’ll take good care of Jared, and I really like Yvonne too.”

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    looked straight into her eyes. “I know you excel at charming people, but remember what happened to Tracy. You can mess with my ex if you want, but don’t try to influence my daughter.”