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The place wasn’t all that big, but it was famous for its dishes. The restaurant had three floors, and one had to
take the stairs; no elevator anywhere.
Outside, there was this charming garden done up in a classic style. A tiny stream tinkled by, and there were even
sdecorative fishing boats set up for atmosphere. | picked a chair and sat down.
Suddenly, the garden gate swung open, and a group of people walked in, chatting excitedly.
The guy leading the pack was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and he had this lean, athletic build. He was dressed
in jeans and a gray T-shirt. It was Nathan.
Nathan was listening intently to the person next to him, clearly not expecting to run intohere. But when his
eyes landed onsitting by the stream, they lit up behind his glasses.
| was a little surprised, too. It was quite coincidental sometimes. Out of all the places in this huge city, here we
were, running into each other in this quiet corner.
“Ms. Murphy, are you here alone?” Nathan asked as he walked over.
He always switched up what he called me, sometimes Mrs. Holcomb when he was annoyed, Ms. Murphy when he
was in a good mood, and sometimes just my nwhen he acted all innocent and wronged. He really was a
strange one.
“No, I'm here with my husband. They're playing cards upstairs,” | said with a smile.
Nathan's expression shifted a bit, then he nodded. “Got it. I'm here with sfriends, too. I'll head up now.”
“Okay,” | said, nodding and looking down at my phone.
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| stared at my phone screen, not even bothering to scroll. | just couldn't get Nathan out of my head, but his
image kept replaying over and over.
Thinking back to that day at Melissa and Zachary’s housewarming, when sparks almost flew between us, my
heart was anything but calm.
But I quickly shook those feelings off. It wasn’t a man | was lacking right now. | needed skills, a career, and a
whole lot of ambition.
| wasn’t about to chase after sguy just because he was impressive. No, | wanted to go head-to-head with
him in business, crush him, and be my queen.
“What are you doing out here all by yourself? Letting the mosquitoes feast on you?” Jared cdownstairs
looking for me. Maybe the food was ready.
Right after he said that, | really did feel a few itchy mosquito bites on my legs.
| got up and followed him upstairs, but Jared leaned against the railing and said, “Mr. Hallman cover to say
hi earlier.”
My heart skipped a beat. ‘Why would Nathan go out of his way to talk to Jared?’ | wondered.
Jared continued, “Our company just got a new system, and it was built by his company. We'll probably be
working with them
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a lot more from now on.”
| wasn’t sure what Jared was getting at. ‘Is he still suspicious aboutand Nathan?‘ | thought.
“Oh, that doesn’t really have anything to do with me, right?” | said with a faint smile.
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| just waved it off, grinning. “Hey, you know what they say. Men only love a little bad in their women.”
Just as | finished speaking, the door to a private room on the second floor suddenly opened, and Nathan walked
out,
Jared and | happened to be standing right in front of him.
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