Ex Wife, Now Enemy

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. Qu

Ariana. No me

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thought she'd

she wa

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eating aw

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f his life she *was* until th

of the building

her head in. "Mr. Thorne?

look up. "Can

the b

cancel

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the edge of the de

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and gently ov

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stood be

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d in the

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it m

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? Because you were bored? Lonely? Because the pup

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vely. "We signed the papers. You

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ut, Ariana fell to the

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care when

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the power in the world

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slipping

muscles coiled

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