Claimed By My Billionaire Stepbrothers

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nd left my hair, sliding down to

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min

teeth grazed my pulse point.

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, triumphant. He pulled back just enough to

cut throug

his chest. "

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, trying to ignore the way

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raightened his jacket

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told me to. If you want to pretend you weren't ki

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ou stop th

s hair. "Because you slapped me, and I should have been angry. Sh

not an

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elevator descended. My lips sti

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found mysel

stairs without counting, followi

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quartet. Some

then pushed t

splattered the floor. And in the center, a man stood b

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Three weeks ago.

thers. Where Julian was charming and Dominic was commanding, Asher was raw

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at'

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most smiled. "Does that

it before." He set down his brush

er. My soon-to-

ed in his express

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personal life." He moved closer, studying me like I was ano

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I knew yo

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usinessman. Terrible judge of character. He t

in a car

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veins. "What

an accident. And the man responsible is

re ly

verything I've gathered over the past three years. Your father was inv

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ou showing

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older slipped from my fi

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my mother's lies. For the l

oking my hair, the other firm on my back.

ly passed, I pulled

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from mine. Paint smudged on his jaw, e

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protected him." His thumb brushed my cheek, catching a stray tear. "And

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