You Chose Her: Now Watch Me Reign

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DeLuca bag. The rich, heavy scent of truffle risotto and dark espresso wafted from the bag. It was a sharp contrast to the stale air of the

and matching skirt clung to her frame. The outfit screamed generational wealth. She looked ent

ly brushed against the cold diamonds of her tennis

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that joke. She hated the constant reminder of

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bloomed in the center of her chest. It fe

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open. The smell of the espresso f

placed the Dean & DeLuca bag on the edge of the

e crossed his arms over his chest. He put a soli

u were coming?" His voice

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e stood up straight and fla

she said. She th

eyes immediately dropped to the diamond bracelet on Elodi

gh. "That lunch smells amazing. It probably

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wer lip. She no

murmured. She shot him a lingering, soft

d closer to Fletcher. His collar was slightly crooked. She

s head sharply. He

ten minutes," he said

blow to the stomach. Her lungs burned as she struggled to pull in a br

ht. She maintained the perfect posture her mother had

around and

jaw clenched so hard his teeth ached. A surg

empty elevator bank and pressed the down button. Her vision blurred.

evator doors

, heavy footsteps pounded ag

d grabbed h

her backward. Her spine hit the co

nds tangled in her hair. His