or ride fe
d on the screen. The message-just one word,
sendin
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trusting Ethan once h
one into her pock
ned. "You're a
etter th
ite. Floor-to-ceiling windows stretched across the far wall, showcasing
gging off his jacket. "Ma
the door. "I'm n
u a
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va, I-" He stopped himself, his expression unr
jump off t
ramatic,
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g her over the rim. "You think I like this? Having to drag you out o
u lost the right to ask q
h a quiet clink. "Then let's
fr
s. "You want to pretend that night never happened?
s. "History? You mean
. "Is that what y
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. "Because I saw the papers. Y
black
cked the air
d to ruin you. Your father. Your entire family. I had two choices-sign the deal,
world
ouldn't
or deception. But Ethan had neve
ing," she
sh I
rack. Had she spent the last ten years
ld say another wor
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it wasn't
s a p
breath
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slipped from
it before it
ad the message. Then, without a
he said, his
ollowed him out the door, re
oming for her-Ethan w
e didn't know if
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