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    There were so many decent men out there—he just couldn’t understand why she always seemed to pick the worst ones.


    Ste’s temper red. “Who I choose to be with is none of your concern. Maybe you should spend less time judging and more time focusing on your soon-to-be wife.”


    Her words hit harder than she intended. But so did his! What gave him the right to criticize her when he was marrying someone he barely even knew? Was that supposed to be some kind of virtue now?


    William stared at Ste’s indignant re—and instead of getting annoyed, something about her fiery little outburstpletely disarmed him. Whatever irritation he’d been holding onto vanished just like that.


    He narrowed his eyes slightly, hands stuffed in his pockets, leaningzily against the car door as he watched her. “So… are you jealous?”


    Ste blinked. She looked at him like he’d just grown two heads. “How do Ie off as being jealous?”


    “I see it clearly,” he replied without batting an eye.


    She almost lost it. Without another word, she pulled out the keys Shaun had given her, unlocked the car, slid inside, and mmed the door shut in one smooth motion.


    “I’m not even going to waste my breath on you.”


    William didn’t push it. Seeing she had no intention of continuing the conversation, he backed off.


    A few minutester, Willow and Shaun returned—conveniently from the same direction.


    They all headed back to their respective cars. Once Shaun got in, he handed a few documents to Ste.


    “Syl, I found these. Not much, but it’s all I could dig up from the office building.” There weren’t many pages—just a slim bundle.


    “This is already a big help,” Ste said, flipping through them.


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    ording to the docs, Nixon’s old partner hadpletely cut ties with him. Someone else had stepped in, signed a deal, and the ce ended up abandoned.


    Ste frowned. “So we came here for nothing?”


    Shaun noticed the drop in her mood and lightly patted her shoulder. “Hey, it’s still early. There’s another location listed here. We can check it out after lunch.”


    She thought for a moment. “Alright. Let’s eat first.”


    Shaun nodded and was just about to start the car when Willow tapped at the window.


    Shaun rolled it down.


    “Mr. Smith,” Willow said sweetly, “where are you two headed next? Since we’ve all found something, why not team up? It’s safer in numbers.” Her gaze was steady, sincere, and aimed straight at Shaun.


    Shaun replied tly, “Syl and I are going for lunch now.”


    Willow beamed. “Perfect! William and I are nning to have lunch too. Let’s go together then. We’ll follow right behind you.”


    Just like that, she decided—she didn’t check if it was okay with Shaun and Ste.


    Shaun didn’t answer right away. Instead, he looked over at Ste.


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