TAMING THE ICE KING

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r the Callahan Foundation's upcoming fashion charity show, a whirlwind of media interest to navigate

en't normal c

st Amara Blake, strug

an Callahan

w to live with the man beh

ther folder that arrived in her suite one morning with

inside was fi

were

uld behave in public. Approved talking points for interviews. A

the clause that m

s outside of the contract, the agreement will be considered void. Penalty: i

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ned on the

under her in leggings and an oversized sweater, hair

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and nearly fel

his broad shoulders and black jeans that looked sinfully casual on a man with his

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d. "Could've

slowly, eyein

e been

creative director of your sister's f

ep emerald gown with a plunging back a

ne's ex

Your sister has a strong frame-she

looked

... obs

said. "Especially when

through his expression. Re

lled a box from his coat poc

that?" s

agement

thudded.

atching. We're

pene

ean, classic, elegant. It looked like something that be

wned her mom's sewing mac

ul," she said

ched for

nly for a momen

precise, as he slid t

the light like a pr

onvincing enoug

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hardened. "Do

didn't

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she wandered the p

n it. Every surface gleamed. Every pillow was aligned. It felt l

rself in the

e, behind two frosted glass doors, the room was a world apart-dim lig

ing in the apartmen

the bench and let her fin

appear in the doorway, shir

ay?" he

lit

his time. "My mother p

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ople just don't

him. "So what hap

lly stay long en

llowed wasn't awkwa

etched between them. Something

ancholy tune her mother used to hum while sewing. Roman di

faded, he said, "You

her d

her

tepped

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You want me to act like

ant you to look lik

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hat I've a

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ssible to kno

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tared at the ring for a

like a star.

started to feel like something el

like pos

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