John Jones
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"What did you think?" Keeley asked curiously when the ending credits rolled. Aaron had been paying close attention to the movie the entire time. At a glance, it seemed like he was actually into it. "It had an interesting premise and the movie score was pleasant. You said there are eight of these?" "Yeah." She hesitated a moment. "…do you want to watch the second one with me? It's still early enough to watch another movie." "Sure. I'm going to go get water first though. You want some?" he…
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Graydon Meyer enjoyed seeing people's true colors—especially when they usually hid behind a fa?ade. Watching a supposedly refined socialite like Lacy Knighton chuck her phone across the room in anger was a genuine pleasure. "That's quite a temper you have there. Why do you seem angrier about this woman than his actual fiancée?" he asked curiously. "She changed him," she hissed. "That woman ruined Aaron!" Ruined? On the contrary. The old Aaron had been nothing but his father's puppet. This one…
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Graydon twirled a pen between his fingers with surprising speed and agility as he listed off each person to his ally. "Alice Kelly comes from a finance family and married into a family of lawyers. Her family, as most in your circle are, is sexist so she doesn't have any shares in her own family's interests. Having a powerful ally outside of them would benefit her; I'm willing to bet that was how Aaron approached her about it. "Roger Clark and Kyle Griffith are fairly similar; from old Harvard…
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Lacy Knighton was not in a good mood. She heard from her father that Aaron apparently called his absentee fiancée multiple times a day. Alistair Hale had mentioned it offhandedly as they met up to discuss business in his office. What was so special about that tramp? She wasn't any prettier than Lacy! She was sorely tempted to go down to Boston and rip the chit's stupidly red hair out. Unfortunately, Max, her usual source of information, had been sulky lately. He wouldn't do her any favors. After the…
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After work Keeley headed toward the pharmacy across the street from the medical school to grab a morning after pill—better safe than sorry, after all—when she ran into an unpleasant surprise just outside her building. "Ryan. What are you doing here?" He seemed a bit disheveled and ran a hand through his hair nervously. "I wanted to apologize but don't know where your new place is and you won't answer your phone." Of course she wouldn't. She had blocked him because he had texted her too many…
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Aaron spent much of the morning in a daze. Cameron called him out on it when he delivered the stock market reports but he refused to tell his friend why. It wasn't his business. His distraction continued until Alistair dropped by his office. This almost never happened so he was instantly on alert. "What are you doing here, Father?" he asked flatly. "Your mother has been hounding me about going shopping with your fiancée. Isn't she back from Europe by now? It's been months." His "fiancée" was…
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Aaron wasn't sure how to process what Keeley had just said. Was it fair to either of them? Probably not. Would he accept it anyway? Yes. He knew what he did; he didn't deserve her love. But the last thing he expected to hear her say was that she was tired of fighting the inevitable. Thinking about it from her perspective, it must seem like she was stuck due to some cosmic force but it was only because he was persistent. He wasn't about to give up on her because she didn't give up on him before.…
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Because Keeley had laughed, Aaron wondered if she was okay now. It was a bit of a blow to his ego that she had been laughing because he insulted himself but it still made him feel relieved. "Will continuing to insult myself make you feel better?" he asked, perfectly serious. He would do it if it helped her cheer up. She smiled and shook her head. "Better save it for special occasions. It was the element of surprise that got me more than anything. It's not every day you hear a cocky person insult…
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Keeley had only been living with him for slightly less than a week and Aaron missed her already. Pathetic. It was just an overnight stay at her family home; it was nothing to worry about. But he missed her. She brought life into this place. When he heard the elevator door open downstairs he had to stop himself from running down to greet her. She probably wouldn't appreciate that. So he focused on his magazine and stayed put on the couch. He planned on casually asking her if she had a good time with…
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Keeley and her dad spent the rest of the day looking through old photo albums and watching home videos after they got back from the cemetery. It was rough. Hearing their voices on film made her break down crying again. When was the last time they busted out the home videos before this? Her dad transferred them from cassette tapes to DVDs ages ago but she couldn't remember when they watched them. They were a lot more bittersweet than the pictures. When Kaleb was a baby he couldn't say Keeley's name.…
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