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ed up the phone and press
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he said, his tone dropping into
nny speaker of her phone. It lacked the controlled, polished resonance of her CEO's voice in the quiet of his office. The loud jazz music playing i
who is this?
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the phone speaker and hit
's face. The air in the pr
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in his tone. She turned her head toward
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marble table with so much force the screen
his throat. The alcohol burned, but it did nothing
casual intimacy, the domestic warmth. A ferocious, possessive fury ignited within him, a dark certainty taking root
call. She shrugged, tossed the phone onto the
f her billionaire husband, she had
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