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Agreement Between Lysander

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this time of the day and expect her to read all of this? Oh God... th

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might as well have been written in Latin. "So... I won't touch your billions, and

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one: This is a legal partnership, not a roma

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unless required for appearances. Kissing in public, ha

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in policies. One year of fake smiles at galas, fake laughter at corporate lunch

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do I get o

awyer to expedite your case. A monthly allowance for public appearances. Acces

people won't talk when I sudden

yes catching the sunlight like sh

shut

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maybe we can take our time memorizing each o

kind of silence. His eyes were on me-sh

shaking,

ers trembled just slig

something this...

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could catch up. We also stamped our fingerprints making the c

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, clicked it shut, a

done

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on of marriage ou