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amiliar scent of expensive

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ing to her. He was

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eared. This wasn't just a nightm

inating his handsome, now slightly disheveled fa

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we'll get married. It's

devoid of emotion, a

ld have cried, clung to this, a

rrific knowledge of her future,

y, pulling the s

er voice was surprisingly s

omething unreadable in his eyes.

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looming

didn't you? To

ing. He grabbed her arm,

is will make

his cruelty in her past life. The way he'd dismiss

in the wrong suite. I'm leaving.

ugly sound. "The wron

lanced at it. Isabella's name flashed on

anger directed at Ava vanished, repl

ention already on the phone. "And don

ice melting. "Bella? Yes, I

stomach. In her past life, she would have

othing but a gr

her legs shaky, and wa

ng into the phone

n't loo