Contract Marriage With My Billionaire Boss
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saw through it.
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ched for my hand. "Okay, d
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antiseptic and lavender. I
dead body-mine. The weight of hopelessness pressed on my s
rry
a game? A trap he'd enjo
me. The fact I was c
me, the front door
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w I lo
prawled on the couch, reeking of sweat
burned up
ed it with water, and
p, you
sputtering. "What th
money, Dain!
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osed to touch it. It
hy bother? She'
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arled. "Shut you
n he sla
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our father," he slurred. "Di
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d of glass near the table. I gra
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s, backing away. "L
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bled. Th
haking, chest heaving. Then the tears came-violent, uncontrollable.
at storm for
the house like it could scrub my sha
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e I should've asked more question
How powerful. How he always seemed te
eople make s
ed up m
ed on the
" My voice was hollow
ion. No emotion. J
whispered. My pride shat
I'd fold. "We'll discuss the
li
, I traded my f
her... maybe