Reborn Heiress: Divorcing My Ruthless Husband

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deeply into her palms she felt the skin break. Every muscle in her body screamed at

es of her past life. Screaming and fighting now would on

in her eyes to melt into a loo

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oken, pathetic sob ripped from her throat. She p

fraction of a second, a flash of raw ago

d. His fingers extended, movin

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ingers into a tight fist and pressed it

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dead smile. An accident? She knew exactly what the mechanic h

snapped her head up. She gl

voice hoarse and cracking. "Where w

piercing gaze. He turned his head to loo

ard of directors," he lied smoothly. "

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her back. She gripped the fabric with both hands and

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it. The pillow hit him and fell to the floor. When he tu

ized her behavior as standard post-traumatic stress.

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the door, pulled it open, and stepped ou

door cli

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bedside stand. She scrubbed the moisture from her cheeks

rom her lower abdomen, but she ignored it. She walked bare

t the hospital dr

dy's broad shoulders disappear into the back seat. The

was not going to the financial district. It wa

bed and slammed her pal

manded the speaker. "Tell him to br

t the foot of her bed. He was sweating.

cal file was already collected by Mr.

thing. He was hiding the specific details of

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stack of printed papers. He hande

sessments. She scanned the complex medica

he very bottom of the page, in a small, easily

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