Shattered Vows: The Don's Runaway Queen

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though my body alre

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e acoustic tiles. I didn't cry. I had cried enough

I said

ked, her breath

aid, my voice devoid of emo

my core. "Get me my phone. And call the

ou need

oked at her, locking eyes until she stopped fidge

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l room, to my empty womb. "He left me bleedin

ed into the Goldstein

it. Sharp. Tailor

the table, surrounded by his leg

m went silent. The air gr

a mask of concern, but it slipped. "You should be

n, Liam,

the opposite end of the t

apers," I said. "Irreconcilabl

eneath the skin. "We can handle this pri

et at me and I bled out on a ballroom floor," I said,

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is t

ng. The hotel rooms. The texts.

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er with a definitive snap. "You are my wi

away," I said. "I

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venom. "Oh, that's right. You were too busy escor

ne horror in his eyes. "I didn't know... I thought you just

n't a lie. His neglect was the w

ia, lineage was everything. Killing yo

hair. He looked like he ha

leaving me bleeding to the press. I'll ruin your reputation. I'll

as gone, replaced by a dark, sim

pen. His hand

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e pushed the

"You will have nothing. No money.

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d ring he had given me five years ago. I placed it

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on the handle.

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door," he threatened

was a cold,

died three days ago. You'r

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