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s. Panic seized her throat. She tried to s
ack. He didn't let her retreat. Instead, he reach
ammed agains
into the bright l
s silk shirt. Eloisa was huddled in the corner, clutchin
d he recognized Carra. His face
, marching toward her. "Are yo
n still displaying the video she had just taken. Her
Vance. You left a trail of
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at her. "This is a PR rehearsal. We are doing a chemistry read for
k laugh bubble u
she repeated. "With
he blame. "You control my schedule, my diet, my life! Yo
burned the back of her eyes, b
, deliberate footsteps
and stepped into the room. The air pr
who owned the very studio that paid his salary. The blood r
c squeak. She dropped to
whimpered, her
r pocket of his suit jacket. He pulled out a folded pi
with a s
," Jory
scanned the text. It was a medical docume
ey. Eight we
She and Vance had been together for three years, meticulously ca
it burned him. He fell to his knees right there on the rug. "I di
iliate its CEO," Jory said, his voice flat and de
ard. "I'll do anything. I'll pay
n at him with a
he mud by a failed engagement. I dictate the narrati
inked, c
child," Jory dictated. "And I will take Carra. I need a wife to pacify my family and the board,
even hesitate
, his eyes hard. "Carra, you hear that? You're out. You're too plai
of Carra's hear
ance. She didn't y
far as she could, and slapped him across the
ounded like
. A drop of blood instantly well
er voice dripping with
spine perfectly straight and walked o
s cufflink, shot Vance a look that
e punched the button. The doors s
osed, cutting them off from the elevator, gasping for ai
pulled out a dark blue silk handkerchief that sme
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