His Unwanted Bride, Another Man's Queen

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with malice, then suddenly threw hersel

ening. She knocked a lamp over, shatte

piercing the silence. It was a

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audacity of the lie. My brain couldn

irt still stained with his own blood from the bal

floor, sobbing, and

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inside until you

the door

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in the hallway, wearing a gala

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in my vision, swa

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rescent lights. The smell

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uming I was already married

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