king as she pressed her forehead against the glass partition of the ICU pay
r monitor. "Your account is sixty-eight thousand in arrears. Dr. Evans has already signed the discharge order
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purse, pulling out four maxed-out credit cards. "Try
clerk slid the plastic cards
buckled. She reached out, gripping the edge of the cou
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long shadow fell
dropped onto the marble surfacexpress Centur
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en up at Deven's face. Her eyes went wide, her
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yes blazing with fierce, desperate pride
ersonal space until the scent of his cedarwood cologne
ping around her wrist, peeling her fingers
onsultation room across the hall, kic
ssed a thick, gold-embossed leat
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the folder with
and Protecti
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whispered, the words tasti
against her shoulder blades. His breath warmed the sensitive skin behind her ear. "Sign the paper. Anwar and his mot
cle of his arms, looking directl
g with raw, unshed tears. "Your high-class mistress?
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contract, then down
ung on this ink. Her fre
ntract down the center, tearing the thick parchment in
on my own terms than sell my soul to another m
the door, and marched out into the h
ond later, looking at the shredde
I cancel the ho
n contract, a dark, dangerou
mark on his lip. "Let her run. When she realizes how
t of the gleaming glass facade of the Sande
e hospital, but not enough to stop the bleeding. She had come here to demand the return of her father's p
laza, a screech of tires drew the
up to the curb, flanke
stepped out, dripping in diamonds a
ld retreat, Mrs. S
finger as half a dozen paparazzi, who had been trailing the wed
face flushed with rage,
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