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of sentimental handcrafted metal. Ju
lickered like rapid lightning, illuminating
edge of the crisp white legal docum
violently against his chest. Alec casually tossed the box aside into the
smile spread across his lips. But when he looked back
g from his chair. "Finish your dinn
me to clear his name, and then
old calculations, and hollow c
razor-sharp: "Alec. Can't you stay for just si
at me with condescending irritation. "Do I really ne
nce, maybe twice. In his worl
red of tension inside me suddenly evaporated. I l
ispered. "
ared the filing, we would be nothing to each othe
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fic had ground to a complete halt ben
drum of heavy rain against reinforced glass. Through the tinted panoramic window, my eyes cut
t a lone, fragile f
ide, turned his back on her, and walked out without sparing her a second glance. She sat there alone amidst the empty
ouis answered a secure line, hol
ine. She mentioned an expedited legal filing regarding an emergency divo
. My jaw hardened benea
level and unyielding. "I don't m
ished and professional: "Apologies, Miss Sinclair. Mr. Lynch does
r. Minutes passed, and the solitary figure finally pushed her chai
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out of the restaurant,
itter and raw, biting straight thr
o. Shivering uncontrollably, I pulled out my phone, intending to call the shop di
, but the voice an
rough the speaker: "Oh, Jolene? I wouldn
a private rooftop party to
n he wants to be... he even hired an entire a
s was nothing more than ca
inated the call. But as I stepped toward the curb, my kn
rail, a pair of broad, warm arms caught me from b
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