His Forbidden Obsessions

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ook a deep breath, flipped open the diar

easier. But she isn

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should have ended it. She was a mea

me in a sharp exhale. My hands tr

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ed. "Why did you keep this from me

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d reached for the diary, but I was quicker, stepping back just as my fingers cur

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, the fragile world

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is voice was quieter now, but no less intens

at?" My throat felt tight, my pulse erratic. "You

what's at stake. If you read more, if

king my head.

pped lower, and suddenly, the distance between us felt suffoca

. "Then tell me why I'm a target. Tell me why you wrote

hair. "Because that was how it start

hat?" I

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us. The weight of his wo

asked. "Now that

ted someone to burst through it at any second. "N

hter around the diary

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s what? To betray m

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