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“Well.” Andrew hugged her and gently kissed her forehead.

“Andrew, I didn’t recognize you. Did you also not recognize me? I haven’t changed much since then,” Isabella asked, looking up at him.

“You have changed, you’ve become even more beautiful,” he said, trying to flatter her.

“Stop being so glib!” She glared at him and continued questioning, “You obviously recognized me, so why didn’t you tell me?”

This man really could keep things to himself.

“There wasn’t anything to say,” he replied calmly. “My intentions with you were always pure. I didn’t want you to think I was using gratitude to manipulate you.”

“But, I somehow feel like your intentions weren’t so pure,” she said, tracing circles on his chest with her fingertip, teasingly.

He grabbed her restless hand and laughed. “Alright, didn’t you buy fruit and salad? Go make a fruit salad, Asher will be back soon.”

After saying that, he picked up the jacket draped over the back of the sofa. “I have things to do at the office, I’ll be ba