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“But you’re in the industry.”
I let out a quick laugh. She was absolutely right, but that didn’t mean I considered myself to be ‘one of them.’ That’s not to say I thought I was better than anyone else in the business, I just seemed to have different priorities than they did, especially since Rachel died.
“Yeah, I am. But I’m not surrounded with people in the industry every day like I would be there. Most of my neighbors are bankers or lawyers or other boring things like that.”
“Where do you live?”
“I—um—I’d rather not say.”
“Oh, come on, Owen. It’s me.”
She was right. Itwasher. The woman I had never really gotten over. The girl who had my heart since I was five years old. The one who got away.
“I live on the Upper East Side.”
“Oh! fancy!” she said with a mocking tone, but the smile on her face gave her away.
“It’s not that fancy, just happened to be a place available when I was looking.”
“So, what building are you in? A lot of my coworkers live up there.”
“You’re going to judge me so bad if I tell you.”
“I absolutely will not.”
“Fine,” I said with a sigh, “but if I tell you, you can never bring it up again, okay?”
She nodded her head and waited wordlessly.
“I live at—um—Central Park Tower.”
Once again, her mouth dropped open.
“Are you serious?”
“You said you weren’t going to judge me.”
“I’m not! I’m just trying to hold in my jealousy.”
“Oh, come on, it seems like you’re doing really well in your career. I’m sure you have a great place, too.”
“It’s fine. But it’s certainly not on Billionaire’s Row. And it definitely doesn’t have a view of Central Park.”
“Ugh,” I groaned. “Please don’t call it that.”
“Well, that’s what it is.”
“I’m sorry,” she said with a laugh, “but I’m going to have to come over and see this place someday.”
Did she just invite herself over to my apartment? My heart started racing with excitement. I was sure it was just a casual hypothetical, but the idea thrilled me nonetheless.
“I guess you’ll have to,” I agreed.
For the remainderof the flight, Skye and I talked here and there, but I was so exhausted I couldn’t help but fall asleep a few times. I wanted to be well-rested and ready to hit the slopes when we landed in Switzerland.
She smiled and laughed with as much ease as she ever had, and as our wheels touched the ground, I still couldn’t believe my luck she was there with me.
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