Rebuilt: The Woman They Dismissed

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orry.

ies were for funerals. He prob

same tactics that worked in high school would work now. He thou

up a bottle of champagne that cost m

d to get my personal schedule. My assistant,

m standing outside the glass doors of the office buildi

hich was now for sale. I was walking through the empty

pened, and Ethan

tarnished brass key. Our old spare key, the one

shocked. "What ar

ing," I said, my arms crosse

ne last time before it sold." He looked around the empty livi

d. But all I felt was a violation. He had no r

e, Ethan? With flowers and champagne and a ke

as an idiot. A kid. I've thought abou

I haven't. I buried it. I moved on. I built a life for mys

ng a step closer. "If you'd really m

smell his expensive cologne. He reach

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I just want a chance t

yes, and a cold, calculated idea formed in my m

rl who waited for h

his chapter, I was going