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  &quot;What are you doing here?!&quot; Gabriel whisper yelled once they were in his office
  Before Nicole could reply, he cut her off
  &quot;How did you get here in the first place?&quot;
  &quot;Isn t it obvious that your chauffeur brought me here? And oh, your chauffeur is really good looking. You have quite a good taste when employing&quot;
  Nicole s response infuriated Gabriel even more. She was complimenting his employee while he was being serious.
  &quot;Why are you here?&quot; he said through gritted teeth
  &quot;I only came to thank you for the credit card and also to show you this new dress I got. I wanted to know if you like it&quot; she explained with happiness in her voice, ignoring Gabriel s anger
  &quot;And you thought it was best to come to my office?&quot; he asked, trying really hard to control his anger
  &quot;I was really excited, okay? I didn t kn

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  &quot;Hey Rick&quot; Nicole nervously greeted as she picked the call.
  &quot;Nicole, why did it take you so long to pick up?&quot; Rick questioned the moment he heard Nicole s voice.
  &quot;I, um… I wasn t close to my phone. Uh.. how are you doing?&quot;
  &quot;Are you okay? You sound nervous.&quot;
  &quot;Yeah, yeah. I m fine.&quot; Nicole replied, internally cursing herself for not being able to hide her nervousness.
  &quot;Vanessa and I are worried about you. You didn t show up at work. We went to your apartment to check up on you, but your place was locked… where are you?&quot;
  &quot;I m sorry I didn t tell you guys because everything happened so sudden… Something came up, so I had to leave New York in a hurry.&quot;
  &quot;What s wrong. Did something bad happen?&quot; Rick asked, sounding worried.
  Nicole felt really bad lying, but she had to keep up with the

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    Gabriel sat in his office, wondering why Nicole had told him that she loved him.
  Was it because she was excited? Or, was that her own way of saying thank you?
  Maybe someone was present at the time. But even if a maid was there, she needed not to worry because his workers were discreet.
  Well, he was the only one aware of that fact, Nicole wasn t.
  He was glad the issue with shopping has been dealt with. Now, he can get back to work.
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    Nicole asked the maid to tell the chauffeur to get a car ready. She also asked the maid to take off her working uniform and dress in something more casual because she would be accompanying her.
  The girl s face lit up at that information. She hurriedly left the room to do as she was told while Nicole got dressed.
  She straightened her hair and applied some makeup before putting on the trench coat.
  Nicole smiled at the though

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  &quot;What are you doing here?!&quot; Gabriel whisper yelled once they were in his office
  Before Nicole could reply, he cut her off
  &quot;How did you get here in the first place?&quot;
  &quot;Isn t it obvious that your chauffeur brought me here? And oh, your chauffeur is really good looking. You have quite a good taste when employing&quot;
  Nicole s response infuriated Gabriel even more. She was complimenting his employee while he was being serious.
  &quot;Why are you here?&quot; he said through gritted teeth
  &quot;I only came to thank you for the credit card and also to show you this new dress I got. I wanted to know if you like it&quot; she explained with happiness in her voice, ignoring Gabriel s anger
  &quot;And you thought it was best to come to my office?&quot; he asked, trying really hard to control his anger
  &quot;I was really excited, okay? I didn t know you'd react this way&quot; Nicole replied with a pout
  Just then, they heard a knock on 

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