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She thanked ht in her head as she surprised ht kiss on uard, and I hadn’t expected her to do that She got out of the liht Denny pulled away and looked at irl, Connor, and I think you just hed "She is a nice girl, Denny, and I’ to make sure she stays that way"

I pulled out ’s coht We’ll have to reschedule for another tiht I just wanted to go back to the penthouse, have a drink, and try to get Ellery offet Ellery offme because I needed to focus on the business acquisition thatsoon I sat intheI looked out onto the streets of New York, hoping that I ot under et her out I picked up the phone and made an appointment to see Dr

Peters this afternoon I needed to talk to hi on inand hailed a cab to Dr Peter’s office I wasn’t looking forward to this session because I already knehat he was going to tell me I walked in his office and sat down in the leather chair across from him

"This is a pleasant surprise, Connor I didn’t expect you to be back so soon," he said

I took in a deep breath and looked at hiet it out of my head"

Dr Peters looked at irl, Doc"

He let out a light laugh "Younew"

I looked at hiirl’s different She’s beautiful, kind, giving, sweet, strong, stubborn, and quite a smart ass"

Dr Peters leaned forward and rested his elbows on his thighs "Are you telling irl?" he asked

I shifted in s for her"

"Then why are you here, Connor?"

"Dr Peters, I pay you 1,000 an hour to tellon in my head, whether I want to hear it or not"

He leaned back in his chair and relasses "You want irl and that you’re starting to have feelings for her Let me ask you a question When was the last tio; why do you ask?"

"I want you to tellsince you last saw her"

I got up from my chair and walked over to theI put my hands into acquire a co about her as well?" He asked quietly

"I can’t get her out of ht I haven’t been able to concentrate on anything else I’ve cancelled all my dates because I only want to see Ellery"

"Ellery is a pretty name," He said

"Ellery is a beautiful name, and she’s a beautiful woot up from his chair, walked over to ht woman just walked into your life, Connor Just don’t screw it up Become friends with her This is the first ti to seeyou must do is tell her about your past and the wohed as I looked at hiet ahead of ourselves"

He patted me on the back and asked me to make an appointment to see him in a couple of weeks I walked out of his office and out of the building I headed towards the Starbucks down the street and called Denny to pick

"Richard, did you get it?"

"Yes, Mr Black, I got Miss Lane’s phone number"

I asked Denny to hand me a piece of paper as I took a pen from my pocket and wrote down the phone number Richard obtained forup the phone and looked at the nu his head

"What?" I asked him

"Don’t you think it would’ve been better just to ask Miss Lane for her phone nu the easy way, Denny?" I sot out of the limo, I see Ashlyn’s name appear on my phone

"Connor Black here?" I answered

"Why do you always answer like that, Connor?" she said with an irritation in her voice

"What do you want, Ashlyn? I’ether," she said

"Not tonight, I’ a lot lately, and we haven’t been together in over a week," she whined

I stepped into the elevator hoping that I’d lose service and our conversation would come to an end

I smiled when the other end went quiet, and I looked at my phone to confirm that the call was dropped As I stepped out of the elevator, I walked over to the bar and poured ed fro, Connor, I have your dinner warht"