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sparring,"

id, showing

ace t

flew past me and shattered against the wall. I didn

fight," he snapped. "No coding either. You

e for you to focus on making my dream come true. Once the drug becomes a success, we can even break thi

I was nothing more than something for him to use,

o protect myself," I snapped back. "Your m

n such provocative clot

en. Men who had tried to hurt me just to get revenge on him after he fired them over lost business. And som

he said. "Persuade Nico to stay away

ep codin

head snapped to the side. I should have blocked it

aid coldly. "So do as I say,

lenched, refusing to let the angry tears fall. Caldwell stood outside, watchin

nt straight for my clothes, already planning to grab my la

wearing one of her new

pped in

und in only a towel?" she asked

ooking directly at me, but I caught the slig

"And if he touches me, I'll kill hi

back to my sister, "wh

mile

" She stepped clos

till there. Damn it. I should've put c

myself,"

d. "Liar. Dad hit

she reached for the cream and

You got i

ll truth. She had never seen the worst of h

ok it out on me instead. That

I would. I would keep her safe until she married, left th

t me with w

haking me lightly. I blinked

said, forcing

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ou sa

ropped to

going t

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can

"Why the

toshoot was arranged

Who arranged that

me a kno

ld do whatever he wanted. A

ou look the part," E

epped out after El insisted he fuck off. He refused at first, standing outside my door l

ike liquid sunlight. Delicate lace traced the bodice and skirt, shi

ke a princes

ed sli

was my nerd look hoodies, glasses, oversized shirts. Invisible. Like a ghost, no

I hadn't been paying attention, I would have missed the fli

down the stairs, and a

nst his frame. A simple white shirt beneath and clean sneakers completed t

t me, his eyes stayed on

lo

e he stepped forward and extended his han

"Change your game a little and sudd

ady. Nico's eyes looked warm, but I knew it was only for them. Hi

few seconds before ret

didn't tell me there would b

" he whispered back, masking t

he interview," the reporter said. "Oh,

at d

m first? Nico Bellini has many fans for his look

rc

n't adored.

ond, his words caught me off guard inside, but I kept my i

you, Ms. Carus

ng at the cameras, not him. "I don't kno

el Nico's

Everyone will love this,"

knew enough about Nico from when we we

taking a test with every

free. She could get a job and stay in London. I couldn't let her dream stop. Fath

od too close now, close enough for me to catch his expensive sc

oring," I

re it for today. After this dra

asn't letting his distant attitude play today, and t

couple

fake

y to

r already.I hated every second of it. Or maybe I didn't hate all of it. Maybe it w

d to another pair of eyes, blue. Caldwell. My bodyguard stood at the side, watching me. What was his deal? For a bodyguard,

ico's voice was unfam

nd for once, I couldn't read him. So many emotions

en books. But Nico and that stupid bodyguard? Th

shot," the ph

pose,

nt warm when he expl

explore, not after everything my life had become. Nico looked at me, reading my body language too easi

aruso's daughter ju

we break he

de my head, ripping apart the lea

le

ice sound

Nico," I trie

The room tilted. My b

rom Nico. Caldwell. He lifted me into hi

ng on something stupid. His scent. Fresh-cut grass after rain

t hazy after that. At some point, I felt someone takin

ween him and Caldwell. Their voices sounded sharper, but I couldn't make out ‌what they were saying.