The Bride He Traded for a Lie

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hat I'm taking out the

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nd entirely bored. "Pack all of this away. I

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ant to stand around watching

ook a ragg

straightened her spine, and follow

bach slammed shut and the car rolled

my personal

with raw fury. "You had no rig

the road, casually turn

, you don't keep your ex's garb

was terrif

ook with anger at his rut

lankly out the window, refusin

up to a luxury high-ris

dle and sprinted into the bu

ts' apartment swung open,

swollen eyes, Helena pulled

, sat stiffly on t

front of him sat the morning

adline of the Spencer family's

hat the papers

t with fear. "Did you really marr

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