Redemption of the heiress

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ening added a regal touch to the event. As soon as her heels touched the marble floor of the hall, her eyes quickly scanned the room: the glittering champagne tower, the open buffet

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eviewed it earlier, but it had slipped her mind amidst the whirlwind of preparations. Sipping th

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uction, and tech, his background was anything but polished. Marcus was the illegitimate son of Geoffrey Wright, the legendary tycoon. He had grown up in a rough neighborhood, far from l

veryone around. Some claimed Marcus had fought in illegal rings to save his mother; others insisted he was a brute with no taste or mann

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