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“Uh, thank you for the phone?How long do I have it?”
“Until they advertise a new model and you just have to have it.”Sern smiled.“Then it will be your choice and your funds, unless we are still together, in which case, it will be a Wednesday present.”
“A what?”
“What kind of presents did Likon give you?”
“None.”
Sern frowned.“No birthdays or holidays?Your anniversary?”
“No.All the jewellery that was there was under his insurance policy, as under his ownership.”
“I see.So you really just left with what you arrived with.”
“And a more cynical attitude.Aside from that, all of my clothing is three years old, and I need to get my account loosened up.I don’t care if they rifle through it daily; I need to be able to buy clothes for work.I have been rotating the same clothing for three years.”She bit her lip.“Can I get something written that the phone is mine?Or the dresses or anything?”
He touched her cheek.“Of course.Can I make him pay for doing this to you?”
She paused.“Will it cost extra?”
He grinned.“This I will do pro bono.”
She smiled and extended her hand.He looked at it for a while and then closed his warm digits around hers.“You noticed the six people watching us?”
“Yup.”
He laughed and released her hand.“I will be in touch.”
She nodded and watched him move out of the room, clutching the phone box to her chest with a smile.
She had a phone again.Now she could do her job properly.
Chapter Three
Ark looked at his normallystern business partner.“Sern?What the hell happened to you?”
