Too Late To Apologize, Mr. Billionaire

was drowned out by the aggre

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ed out of t

ke a second skin, tailored to hide his flaws and accentuate his power. His ha

s cheating. He looked like a con

shoving aside the few pa

t pierced the air. She abandoned me

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arms. He spun her around, laughing. It was a

showy, making sure the c

alked into the lobby, Lola hanging off his arm like an exp

t beaten moments ago, exchanged nervou

ations, Mr

beautifu

the adoration. He raise

uthorizing a five-thousand-dollar bonus for eve

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s a f

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of silver. One bent hinge. A fragment of the photo-just

finger at me. She was safe in Dante's

d. He follow

, hair disheveled, bleeding

es, trying to plac

n struck him lik

ll color. His mouth opene

Lola's waist as if she h

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oked back and forth between the glowing

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es. I wiped the blood from my lip with

Dante,

nic was starting to seep through his composure. "Yo

d. "Then I saw

flin

toward me, his hands raised in a placating gesture. "It's ju

ain, her nails digging into his suit. "She came in here acti

injuries, but she waile

k at me. He saw the blood on m

ctly what h

eyes. He weighed me-the useful, boring secretar

e his

spine and put on h

"You shouldn't have come here. You'r

mil

smile of a woman who had just rea

?" I

"Go home. We'll talk about your

fening now. The glass walls of the

lack military helicopter descended right onto the

bore a crest. A golden li

tiello

k. His knees actual

ng through the roar of the rotors. "I

were blown open by th

e. He was flanked by ten soldiers c

only s

n the center of the room. He loo

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hed her?"

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ty for striking a Viti

ll to hi