Ashes Of Love; The Billionaire's Payback

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what you look like. It can break you down little by little-through heartbr

leeping under bridges, doing odd jobs for change, and t

he saw an olde

ness. People walked right past him-eyes on their phon

didn't

efore he hit the ground

lright

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ied him for

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alf-smile. "T

in you

p outside the shelter where Kael was

would like to

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n anything like th

erfoot. A chandelier that looked like frozen fire.

blanket over his knees, a brandy

around,

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that doesn't scare me. You rem

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he doorway. A youn

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ter," Edward s

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hat this is supposed to be. But I'm not a p

asking you to save us. I'm offering

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ene found Kael in the g

gling from her fingers. "It wa

igur

Wycliffe. His family's rich eno

d y

But I'm tired of being told

closely. "You don

true. But when I saw you

t compliment I'

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was living in the guesthous

cold either. They started talking-safe topi

piano late at night wh

f designing buildings-back whe

ut the pain. She d

thing wa

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the Langston h

amming her teacup on the table. "You wan

ok up. "He's worth mo

rything when your company went u

y," Selene said, ste

ways about money. You think f

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rice?" Sel

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her arms. "I

this family

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lusive club, sipping cognac like water. A L

ng sentimental. He's

answer. His

ses," the man said. "Yo

te, eyes narrowing.

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got an invitation t

orrowed from Edward-and step

, sharp in a navy suit,

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idn't

Damien

than

ident. "Let's not pretend. Selene was suppose

hooses you, I'll step aside.

eyes. He opened his briefcase an

. So many zeroes,

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o," Dam

hand. "Then you've only met des

lked

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ing him. Didn't see the man by the gate. Did

ook like a

, the city humming low in the distance. Damien's voice st

that didn

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, his fingers raw, lungs b

hen h

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he lay there, bleeding,

te int

wed nearby. The w

en..." a wom

al, her silver hair pinned

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finance. Retired now. Hid

ok at Kael-and

ar," she told her dr

-

teel and stone. A fortress for someon

fe and death for days.

she was there-with soup

he told he

told h

dren. Just a legacy-and a

. "Not because I pity you. But becau

ely a whisper. "I'm

d. "Then let's

-

Year

s Kael stood on the rooftop o

. Calm, letha

as b

asn't abou

about

rything from ashes. With Vivien

find out the Langston

searched

.. she'd

mily was desperate. They

g was thre

nights to rew

to win back the only