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into my chest and left ar
he expensive silk of my dress. The fabric m
bled violently as the force of the liquid drove me back several
opper, refusing to scream. It was the enduran
anded on the back of Ilene's hand. She im
st taken the brunt of the boiling liquid. Instead, he spun around
the minuscule red spots on her skin, and roa
ain made my vision blur, but the sight of them clingin
ed violently with the absolute, freezi
d mess. The skin was already blistering, o
room in a blind panic, flanked by secur
y chest, all the color drained from his face
k straight out of the manager's hands and care
t me with a gaze so full of impatience a
ded to know why I had to provoke a mentally
accustomed to blaming other
pened my mouth, but I realized I didn't have a
upport my weight. Using every bit of willpow
imeter I moved, sending drilling pain through my ne
ous smirk flashed across her lips before she forc
were locked entirely on Ethan's fam
iberately, I slid the five-carat di
ed together, and he snapped at me, ask
stained separation agreement. The diamond
at had burned in my eyes for five years
my severely injured body, I walked
guests from the other rooms were p
ept my head held high, walking like a d
ddenly gave a strange, inexplicable twinge,
on. She let out a pathetic moan of
ruptly. He bent down and sc
hed the metal doors slowly slide shut, co
an, you and I are d
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