The Billionaire's Stolen Angel: A Painful Return

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year," she whispered. "I thought..

weight in her chest. Her mother hadn't forgotten. Her

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her eyes. "Yes. You are.

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rushed out, steaming and hot. She poure

ty shirt. She didn't want her mother to see the bruises. The ciga

saw the hesitatio

smile. "I'll be right outside th

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skin was pink. She wash

ped in a towel that felt like a

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