Left In The Dust, Now I Shine Again

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held nearly seventy percent of it. The event had brought out the usual crowd-famil

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stopped in front of Evely

politely. "I'm sor

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ld, unreachable vibe-e

st. He seemed to think no woman h

all this gossip. He doesn't appreciate yo

Kellan. Just the thought of taking Kellan's wif

in the ER on your wedding night,

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ped in ev

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money had actually dared to humiliate him? He gra

a pawn in a family deal. I could ta

disdain. He really had no sen

imself. "Why don't you be my mistress instead? Unlike your

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her like she'd

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of his shoulder wrenching out of its socket got swallowed

mp at his side. For one strange second, he felt

room. He clutched his should

and the sound made her wince before she steppe

aw Cole on the floor with his arm bent at some unnat

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face contorted. "You vicious woman! Yo