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is.”
    Wade is silent for a moment. His eyes don’t waver from mine.
    “Sofie, this is for your own good. Look deep in your heart—you know I’m right. He did it before, and he’s doing it again. That’s the kind of guy he is.” He takes a soft breath, then adds, “I just don’t want to see you get hurt.”
    A part of me wants to slap Wade for even suggesting that Calvin would do such a thing to me. He wouldn’t. Not again. But another part of me—the part that still remembers what it felt like when I walked in on him with another woman all those years ago—is screaming, I told you so .
    I hate Wade for making me doubt Calvin at all. And I hate myself for the same reason. But how am I going to silence that voice in my head?
    “Are we done here? I’ve got work to do…”
    Wade’s look softens and he sits back in his chair. Finally, he nods his head and I make an immediate beeline for the door. But before I can even make it out of the office, he calls out one final warning.
    “Talk to him, Sofie. You need to know the truth…”

Chapter 11

    Calvin

    I let out a sigh as I sink into my comfortable office chair. I’ve just finished my usual Friday night rounds and maybe now I’ll be able to get a little peace and quiet. Sure, I’ll need to go back out on the floor in an hour to see if any new VIPs have arrived, but for now I’m just going to enjoy some peaceful solitude.
    The last few weeks around the club have been stressful. Maybe Charlotte really did a lot more than I ever gave her credit for. She still had to go—it’s not like she gave me any choice in that matter—but she’s going to be very hard to replace. It’s going to take a while before I find someone I can trust to handle all of her responsibilities. For now, I’m relying on Darren, my new head of security, to notify me if anything important comes up. His attention should be focused on his own job, but I don’t have any other options.
    There’s a stack of papers on my desk that I need to look at. And I’m afraid to even open my email, anymore. All of this stuff never felt like work, before. But now it feels like torture.
    What the fuck am I doing with my life?
    I’ve never really asked myself that before, but ever since Sofie came back to me I can’t help but wonder if everything that I’ve surrounded myself with is just a waste. I can’t help but wonder if the way I threw myself into work, into Club Addiction , into everything I do, was all for the exact same reason that I started fucking every girl I met. Was it all just a Band-Aid so I didn’t have to think about the way I’d fucked up my life? Was it all so I didn’t drive myself insane thinking about what I could have had with the girl of my dreams?
    Every night brings a new set of challenges. It’s getting harder and harder to show up at the club. I do it because I have to, but I’m starting to wonder if there might be a better way. There’s got to be some way I undo what I’ve done. If I was able to win over Sofie again, then there’s got to be a way that I can just spend my time being with her. We deserve a happily ever after, and I have every intention of giving it to us.

Chapter 12

    Calvin

    The office line buzzes, interrupting my contemplation. It’s Darren.
    “What’s up?” I answer.
    “There’s someone here for you. A girl—says her name is Sofie.”
    My heart skips a beat.
    “Send her in.”
    “Will do.”
    “Oh, and Darren... She should be treated like any of our VIPs. When she shows up, she is free to go wherever she wants.”
    “Understood.”
    The line goes dead and I can’t help the smile that spreads across my face. There are a ton of other things I should be doing, but none of them can compete with Sofie.
    A minute later there’s a knock on the door. It opens and Sofie walks in before I can even call out for her.
    She looks gorgeous—in her own way. What I mean is that she doesn’t dress like all of the other women who come to the club.