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why my hands
and forgiving. I had spent the last four months quietly planning a surprise he would never see coming. His favorite cake sat
t home-candles, our wedding photos, and a letter I had written and rewritten a dozen times
family name, and a position in society he never could have reached on his own. Bu
d. My father's legacy stood tall. And Lucas-he had led it w
tepped inside, some
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appointment?" she ask
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elevator. I didn't need permission-not in this building. I
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inside me
my fingers and hit the
with guilt, not with sha
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it's time you tell he
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his neck, refusing to m
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said slowly, disbelief choking my v
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stunned receptionist, and the echo of my heart breaking. I
fun
now where I
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