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    SimonwatchedYvessuddenlystartsmirking,thenletoutachuckle.“Oh,losingyourcool?Lookslikethegirl meansmoretoEricthanwethought.”


    “Scared?WhywouldIbe?ScaredofEric?Please,he’snobodytryingtoactallhighandmighty.”


    “Well,we’lljustseeaboutthat!WhiletherestmightbewaryofEric,me?Yves?Notachance!”


    Afterhangingupthecall,YvesturnedhisicygazetoSimon,lurkinginacorner,andcasuallywavedhimover.


    Despitealltheredgsinhismind,Simon’sexpressiontightenedashewalkedover.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    YvesgrabbedSimonbythecor,reekingofbooze,andsaidinachillingtone,“Simon,haven’tIalwaysbeengoodtoyou?”


    Simonshiveredandquicklyppedonasycophanticgrin.“Mr.Younghusband,you’vebeenmorethangenerous.Whatdoyouneed?I’lldowhateveryouask!”


    YvesgaveSimonasmirkthatsentchillsdownhisspineandsaidleisurely,“Rememberyousaidthat.”


    LettingSimongo,Yvessettledbackontothecouch,crossinghislegsandfixingSimonwithamenacinglook.“I’vegotbusinessatheadquarters.AsforCapitalCity,it’sallyours.”


    “I’veheardKate’snningtostartherownbrand,andEric,withtheLoweGroup,isallinonbackingher.Goandmessitup.”


    Yves’sinstructionswerelightyetfilledwith a sure–fireconviction.


    Simonwasshocked.“Kate’sunchingherownbrand?”


    Howhadthisnewsslippedbyhim?


    Yvessneeredcontemptuously,“Thatgirljustacedtheinternationaldesigncontest,sonaturally,


    $seizingthechanceto kickoffherbrandandsetuphepany.Andifshedoesn’t,Eric


    “We havejustthethingtohandleit.”


    Yvesgaveawickeugh<b>,</b>anintelligentandicyglintinhiseyes.“Youknowexactlywhattodo,I


    trust.”


    AshiverwentthroughSimonashecaughtYves’sintensestare.Heswiftlyresponded,“Mr.Younghusband,Iunderstand.”


    Yveughed,abruptlystoodup,andthenppedSimonontheshoulderhardtwicebeforeroaringwitughterandexitingtheroom.


    Bnce:


    1683


    498


    1Coins:


    1Pearls


    117PMcd


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    HegazedafterYves,hisexpressionbrieflyshowingdisdain.


    Finished


    Yveswasawildcard.Everyinteractionwithhimwasliketiptoeingaroundapowderkeg,neverknowingwhenhemightgooff.


    Ideally,SimonwishedtoavoidanypartnershipswithYves.Coboratingwithhimwaslikedancingwithatiger,alwaysonedge,fearfulofbetrayal.


    ButtheideaofunderminingKate’sventureintostartingherbrandanpany?


    Thatsparkedaninterestinhim.


    Simon’sexpressiongrewstern;headjustedhistieandwalkedoutpurposefully.


    AtSilverwoodHospital,KateburstintoEric’sroomwithacanofchickensoup,wavingathermostathimcheerily.“Ric,Imadeitback!”


    “Takeyour


    time.I’vegotsomechickensoupforyou.”


    Sheunscrewedthethermosdledoutsomesoup,cooleditbyblowinggently,andthenofferedittoEric.


    Ericshuthiptop,lookeddown,andsippedthesoupwithoutfuss.


    Katehadaknackforcooking–thesoupwastastyyetlight


    DespiteEric’ssevereanorexia,thischickensoupwashinghecouldn’tfindoffensive.


    Hemightonlycareforafewfoods,butanythingpreparedbyKatewasalways<b>an</b>exception.


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