The Jilted Bride Marries The Ruthless Capo

when I heard

wed by the beep of the keypad.

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the living room, sipping a glass of

en light up on the coffee table, vibra

ce reclaimed the hallway. He must have

e couch, keep

e stormed in, looking disheveled, hi

manded, tossing his keys onto the co

offee, my expression

the ring sitting on the c

Last night... I was drunk. I didn't mean to leave you. I just... I

ated flatly, testing the

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y, putting the sofa betw

lips. "Come on, Elena. Don't be like this. The w

y the door. "Your dress came back fro

own. It cost more than most

ening into a wheedle. "Let me see you

g. It didn't look like a wedding

," I

s into the bedr

st and flared out in layers of silk

ed like a

t into the

d. "Wow. Elena. You

ready reaching for his

snap the photo

changed instantly. The smile vanis

take this

glass door shut but failing to latch i

s a ghost. I stayed in t

trying on the dress... Yes, I know I promised... No, I don't love her. You know tha

sed m

s a s

e. "I'm coming. I'll tell her it's a shipme

hun

composing his feature

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, his lips feeling like a brand. "You look beaut

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a car. He was driving. His hand was

read: *He ca

snap. It was the quiet sound of a tether break

chen. I opened th

the heavy-d

the mirror. I loo

and drove them i

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bodice. I hacke

ll to the floor

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ctly in front of the building,

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as h

t three days.

d over the shredded dress

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r, down the elevator

pen the gl

led like rai

ards opened the

to the le

ok up the entire space, radiating power.

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pocket and pulled ou

pene

mond. It was bla

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out m

onto my finger.

he told t

Ferrari speeding around the corner, co

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