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together for the long haul. You seem like a long haul kind of girl and you deserve better than a guy like Marcus has to offer. Hey, I know he has a lot to offer monetarily, but I’m talking about loyalty and faithfulness. I suggest you cut your losses now before you get in too deep,” Christopher boldly ventures to say. He’s a friend and I know he is just trying to warn me against what I already know in my heart.
    “Thanks Christopher for coming out and telling me, you’re a good friend. I will be careful,” I try and reassure him as well as myself.
    I’ll admit, seeing Marcus with Jade made me sick with jealousy. That’s when I realized I must be falling in love with him, if I don’t already love him. Then seeing Jade, she was living, breathing proof of the road kill Marcus leaves in his wake of ‘love them and leave them’. It brought my guard up again. I’m determined not to let him hurt me, I won’t be another Jade. I wasn’t supposed to let the firm’s biggest player anywhere near my heart. Why did I let ‘I love you’ slip past my lips? Why does he even bother telling me he loves me? We both know he doesn’t do love.

Chapter 11
    Marcus
    It is the strangest thing, when I thought Sophie might be pregnant with my child at first I was scared as hell. That’s a guy’s absolute worst nightmare. I was being stupid not using any protection, but everything with Sophie has been so different from day one. I can’t remember ever being so consumed by a girl, wanting it all with someone like I do with her. It’s so out of character for me, I can’t explain it. Then this whole pregnancy thing threw me for a loop big time. It actually had me thinking about becoming a father, and possibly having a wife. If I ever had a wife, I can visualize Sophie fulfilling that role perfectly. Damn, did I just even think that? I need to get ahold of myself. The pregnancy scare is behind us, thank God. At least Sophie’s happy about it, she’s so relieved to not be carrying my child. The woman has a heart of stone I tell you. Why do I have to go and fall for my evil twin, the female version of my evil twin? I’ll tell you why, because Karma’s a bitch. Jade has been calling me and alludes to us meeting up again. She is hoping to rekindle the flame that I put out a long time ago. If I didn’t have Sophie warming my bed at night, I might consider it.
     

Chapter 12
    Sophie
    I’m sitting in my office, still working on an earnings report that was due yesterday when my assistant opens my door to tell me John Devereaux is on the line. I haven’t seen him since he took me to the U2 Concert weeks ago.
    “Hi John,” I say smiling into the phone.
    “Hi Sophie, how’s it going?”
    “I am swamped as usual. How about you, how is the life of the hottest trial attorney going?”
    “Crazy busy, but can I take you to lunch?” he asks. I pause for a moment, do I have to answer to Marcus for a harmless lunch?
    “Sure,” I say in agreement. I don’t have to get permission to have lunch with someone.
    “How about tomorrow? I’ll meet you at Harry’s Bar at Noon,” John says.
    “Perfect, see you then.” After we hang up I feel a little guilty. I don’t even want to tell Marcus, it’s just a friendly lunch.
    The next day I arrive at Harry’s and John is already there and waiting for me. He greets me with a hug and a kiss, on the cheek that is. The Maître De escorts us to our booth towards the back of the restaurant.
    “You look stunning as usual,” John compliments.
    “Thank you, you look handsome as usual.” John is the epitome of tall dark and handsome. He’s broad shouldered and built, he played football at Stanford. His family owns Fosters Jewelers here in Beverly Hills. At first glance most girls would probably choose John over Marcus. Marcus has a trim sinewy build and is not quite as outwardly handsome in the traditional sense. But Marcus oozes this confident charm and is sharp witted. His sexy bedroom voice