ed to a crawl as they approached
he barricades. Dozens of camera lenses flashed aggre
ercom. "Mr. King, there are at least fi
e. He despised this. He hated the cheap, vulgar spect
breath. She smoothed the fabric of her skirt,
tive skin of her inner thigh. She pinched hard, twisting the fl
in her eyes, pooling perfe
sive frames to physically shove a narrow path thr
or opened. Kar
shes erupted like a strobe l
the bodyguards' shoulders. "Mr. King! Is it true she tr
roar of the crowd hit Hazel like a physical wave.
Serena, completely covering the child's head and face. She hunched over, wra
e line. He shoved a camera inches from Hazel's face.
ned. He raised a hand, ready to signal his
el move
raised her head. A single, perfect tear slipped d
bled, thick with raw emotion. "I don't want his money. I don't want
t for a fraction of a second. The c
t away. "Falling in love with someone you can't have is a punishment," she ch
e had rewritten the narrative from a sleazy corporate sc
ow lowered her microphone, her e
ark eyes locked onto Hazel. He saw the
entirely, one hun
look in her eyes back at the es
ed the genius of the move. She was handing hi
. He walked back down the steps, moving against the
ing as the icy Wall Street tit
road chest blocked the worst of the blindin
ear her ear. "Good acting," he whispere
ned forward, pressing her body against his chest,
at the contact, but with fifty cameras firing, he forced his
ng his fragile, crying fiancé was im
rward, rushing the coupl
e heavy brass doors slammed shut behind them, c
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