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he shock on her face. "Nothing. Onl

utable. Then he picked it up with studied nonchalance and sw

breath. "Wh

a smirk. "Work. Nothing

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wasn't

quiescence, her mind

ut this was different. But this wasn't about bu

d to know

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ility to fake it. As for Mia, she simply kept looking up at the ceiling, her mind

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they'd done the last time 

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she made

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her best friend, Sophia Grant, at a quiet

al, had never trusted Alex. "I hate to say I told you so

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pping her voice. "The

ure she was prepared for the

u can just pretend. Just keep playing th

. She wouldn't allow her

o we do

ed into a sardonic g

dowed

was leaving their pe

llowing his black sports car through the city. He drove cleanly,

up at a fancy hotel,

eting. He walked with a confident stride over

instinct was screaming for her to go home, to sto

, Rachel

dress for a sleek black coat. She didn't hesi

handle of her car,

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