Breaking Through His Walls

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men in the society, dressed in heel

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, my stomach twisted when I spotted the

us because Clara, the youngest

er conversations, Clara a

n's mansion, her quiet comp

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red, his eyes still

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on m

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sted n

ing her drink. "You a

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silent,

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dly as I moved on, her words

n girl" she men

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new person

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e barked a laugh

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across the room,

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woman you could listen to all n

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to wound your e

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realize it unt

until he kissed me, slow and

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ieve Ethan was

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promises he

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