MAFIA DESIRE

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arble kitc

hallway. Fit jus

perfumes and mak

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t used

on the gas when she noticed

ght outside he

er tur

a fr

e bulb b

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art st

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slammed t

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ped past him and bolted toward the bedroom. Her pulse roared in her ears

cted wit

rsed, stum

attacker

a fr

r flooded

was how

Because instead of eliminating her, the man had decid

her walk back into the worl

pped closer

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lowered

hesitation

loded through

dn't come

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a ga

shot r

nd attac

n f

ashed into

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n her brok

till

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lazing with

ssa

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his mouth li

rel

finally

m in seconds, catching her

was fir

man who had just

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head, trembl

n't thi

king her arms, her shoulders,

ing

other men entered the a

announced afte

ro didn'

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an

t t

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t decla

**Author'

t death grip when that

Ele

et and she's already drawn to th

is sooo coolll

d I can feel the spark

ment and like my storyyyyyyy....