ra's
standing silently behind me at the bottom of the stairs. A flicker of
cern as she smoothed a hand over the silk of my dress. "Conrad just ga
d her. "Mrs. Harris," she said to
hrough Paige. "Who do you think you're calling Mrs. Harris?"
lencing her. My eye
said. My voice
ou talking about? This was a gift from Conrad. He said this dress
each word a chip of
tep back. "You can't do this! This is my hous
money, built as a copy of my home, and you're wearing a copy o
ry she couldn't ignore. "The design copyright for that dress
ers. "I'll give you
he spun around, intending to flee ba
lmost imperceptib
n her. Two bodyguards flanked her, their lar
und. "Let go of me! You thugs!
was standing directly in front of her, looking
erous laugh. "He has bigger problem
h the most ornate diamond button at the bodic
t off yourself," I whis
RR
sive fabric tearin
as a long gash appeared d
y men. "Get this infringing
ey began to roughly tear
akeup smearing. The mask of the perfect, gentle Luna was gone
oesn't matter! Conrad told me I look better in it than you ever did!
desperate barbs of a cornered wo
ght of touching you!" she s
and impassive, as her borrowed fine
exposed in her lingerie, when the scr
t door b
lma stood on
he saw it all: his beloved Jasmine, half-nak
ver her, a scrap of torn whi
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