Falling Into Love's Trap

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tious messages flas

ing a possibility I couldn'

"You're not having any n

ended myself,

ed to tell you that from now on, you can leave

for that? And why don't yo

e to meet Conno

mpatient. "Because you should head

ked playfully, "But why do

g dumb, it was clear Con

nt everyone to wait for you? You might not

blinking, his word

as just covering up his frustration at n

oser to Connor, feeling his wa

r's collar, I

d, revealing a look of surprise fo

n let go of Connor's collar and ste

think I was going to

loud. "How could I dare kis

s if he was about to explode

glimpse of his right hand s

h one seeming to hold the p

nk I'm someone with

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-tempered nor a sui

ended the engagement. His grandfather tried to force him, but he immediately flew to

urged me to write him letters. Foolishly, I wrote

et the Holden family resurrected the idea of our marriage. I refused once, but the Holden family brought it

r wanted me to seduce the richest man in Isonstin and then

, the sender didn't even know that Connor had a

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Connor and then dumping him

man devoid

accurate to say he wa

l for years, and I had never s

ormones, he dismissed relationships as

with Connor amicabl

fall in love with me and

ught made my

have to be to pull

gly, "Tried it, but the other

received a bank tra

ollars, marked

thought about it fo

as now m

making him fall in love w

were only en

d off the engagement, I would still

I could act in ways that would drive

d, and I would have successfully fulfilled the

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win-win d

llion, even Connor didn

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urious about the person who

hy, who would just thro

ident that I could get

up being wasted, wouldn't