Shattered Vows: An Arrange Marriage

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of me, then around the room—“isn’t really living. It’s a boring second to a lot of what the

s to trump a lot of things to most people

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’t a man to be associated with, that I wouldn’t really be associate

and moving on to tie up the rest of the deals in

ed a drink to

ing category with the rest of this club where people th

, I was trying to clean up the dirty businesses he’d invested in and make a better name for the family

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little of

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like I was going to sit there and

since birth. Our familie

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like it was obvious. “Unappr

stared at her, trying t

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ple come up to you and talk l

y are scared of

hable, broody, and I’ll add that you probably don’

her again. Her outfit downplayed her figure bu

Lower maintenance with a body that was real, curvy, appealing. She shrugged and turned, leaning her elbows on

in VIP, especially when I’m standing on g

erned that we

the right to be standing on others.” She s

friend who has a connection. What makes m

just like everyone else. He’d remind me that I wasn’t. I was an Armanelli,

take on another business deal. This one would solidify a power shift that I’d know

with people like her. I frowned at the physical dis

hoes ar

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shoes.” She wr

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b like this, Morina?” My eyes narrowed on her b

brother who were able to hack into any criminal

ng here or her intentions in talking to me. Sh

and not properly brushed. Her curves were real, and I kne

Interesting. And she was appealing in a weird, ridiculous way, and yet, I hadn’t been intereste

ne who gets me—to have fun for a

tand?” I murmu

back to glare at me. Co

fucking magazine. She was one of those

o do that with you?” I pushed h

a good time. And frankly, I have ev

now my frien

he has to be trained to fight someone i

deep breath. When she breathed it out,

ig smile and waggle

t down with

ant to prove to her

o this

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don’t think there’s anything in this big city world that will bring

iraculous one

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that I’d find that with

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