Taming The Billionaire

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fully, invisible and hype

more than anyone else. Maybe it was the way people looked through me. Or

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out or curse or draw attention to himself. He simply stood there, still

eyes lift

calm. Cold

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me instantly.

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self appeared. He didn't need introductions,his re

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e was used to rooms bending around him. His suit was expensive in a way that

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ware of everything-his height, the faint scent of clean col

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as quiet.

how made

chin despite myself. My hands shook, bu

cool and dismissive. "Inte

my chest then. Fear

quickly. "I'll pay for the d

ause it was funny, but because the absur

er the lights, each second it mark

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livered like a dec

d frantic. "Maya," he whispered urgently, "

sharp and immediate. Te

s he moved, already ushering me

e he'd been wait

it hurt. Conversations resumed around us as if nothi

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