From Heiress to Outcast

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found her collapsed from pain and fever in the

to a small clinic

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d Julian and Olivia,

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l, stirred in Maya. A

a layer of complicati

repeated, the word

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money, the "hush money," and u

no more New York,

t, his hand hov

d, almost im

ck, a flicker of unde

said softly. "No press

ossessiveness, had left scars d

r anyone's touch, n

py, Maya," Noah said later

mal life. Away

stark contrast to Julia

n Maya, so strong it

hispered. "You don't kno

my face," Maya said, look

gain, something small. Maybe even... maybe

something she hadn't dared to d

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a warm smil

ke it hap

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flight for her under a slightly altered

secure a new p

new account Noah helped her s

tangible move

Maya was discharge

te. She needed to collect her few belongings

get her things, and leav

t service entrance, a sleek bl

rrison st

first. He was looking

unrecognizing, swept over Noah's car, pa

her throat. Fear, cold