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Chapter 660
He always handled things with such effortless ease, like it was nothing at all.
‘Guess this is what it’s like when you've got money and power on your side,’ | thought.
We grabbed lunch at the villa, then went to catch the tennis match in the afternoon.
As soon as we stepped inside, | was surrounded by people dressed in that classic old-money style, and | even
spotted a few faces | recognized from the news or magazines-it honestly caughtoff guard.
Suddenly, Edward leaned in and whispered in my ear, “Oh, | forgot-there’s going to be a live stream. You might
want to put on a hat or a mask.”
That's when it hit me-1'd just walked right into another one of his set-ups.
“Why didn’t you say so earlier?” | blurted out, already wanting to turn around and leave. If someone sawat
his villa, maybe | could keep things under wraps, but if people saw us together on a live stream, there’s no way |
could talk my way
out of that.
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But Edward grabbed my wrist, stoppingfrom bolting.
“Scaredy-cat,” he teased. “Relax, I've
got you” As soon as he said it, his assistant handeda bag.
Inside were a classy hat and a pair of sunglasses.
As soon as | put them on, | instantly felt like | had that old-money vibe going on.
Honestly, it was mostly the pale blue dress that pulled the whole look together, and with the sunglasses on, |
gave off that cool, untouchable, old-money vibe-like nobody could get close. Money really does give you instant
confidence.
Edward kept sneaking glances at me, and it looked like he was really enjoying the view.
“You've got that rich-lady aura,” he whispered in my ear.
1 gave a dry laugh. “Oh yeah? So you're into rich ladies, huh?”
Edward gave my palm a gentle squeeze. “| really like you.”
His confession cout of nowhere, and my heart was beating like a drum.
if Edward keeps throwing out these confessions whenever he feels like it, I'm not sure how much longer | can
keep my cool, | thought to myself.
We took our seats, and the match got underway.
| knew a bit about tennis, and watching those athletes move with such grace and power on the court, it really
got my blood pumping.
Edward was focused on the gtoo, sitting there quietly-he’d let go of my hand for now.
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After the match, Edward tookto a private vineyard, where he'd invited a few friends to join us for a wine
tasting.
His friends were anything but ordinary-swere famous faces, others were the kind of power players who
preferred to keep things low-key. Sbrought their partners, others cwith their wives.
When Edward introducedto the group, nobody pried into what was going on between us.
Most of the conversation was about the wine or business deals, not personal stuff.
This was clearly one of Edward’s ways of building connections. Sitting quietly by his side, under his attentive
care, | joined in their conversations about current events, and found my horizons expanding, seeing a much
bigger world than I'd ever
known.
As dusk fell, Elaine gavea call, asking where | was and if | wanted to meet up for dinner.
I'd already heard from Edward that we'd be eating at the vineyard tonight, so my dinner plans were set.
Elaine giggled, “Ms. Murphy, you were out all night yesterday, huh? Not coming htonight either?”
| paused for a second, then laughed. “Wait, are you going to ratout to Jared?”
“No way, | won't say a word. Just have fun, and enjoy yourself,” Elaine said before hanging up.
My thoughts were all over the place, and | stole a quick glance at Edward.
Edward must have noticedtoo, because he walked over and asked, “Is something wrong? Do you want to
leave?”
| shook my head. “No, that’s not it.”
There was a warm, playful smile in Edward's eyes, but just then, his phone started ringing.
His smile stiffened for a moment as he glanced at me. “It's Mariah.”
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