The Hidden Heiress

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floor as Michael sat froze

r in his hand felt he

elf in his chair,

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didn't entirely know. All she could say w

t explain. The voices in her dreams had be

you out? Are you feeling uncomfortable? If that's

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it the office? The space? Your

im, her expression c

een nothing but kind. This isn't about y

frustration seepi

vague excuse makes t

ed her ga

y are you leaving the perfect career you told m

xplain, it would

push further. Silence set

en haunted every night for a week

t more real than the

was callin

had to

d, sensing he

you plan

ys," she rep

rprise. "You've plann

You were just waiting

idn't d

his hair and slumped

ed, let me know. You can ta

ed. "Tha

the offic

r with its usual vibe, but e

he block in her heels, t

serby, the scent of street coffee

a was packed. Her apar

nd stepped into the Uber with her lugga

as quiet. Forty-five minu

every street, every café, every street li

gs, went through security, and joi

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