The Venomous Wife's New Victim

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dry smile. "Let' s just say I

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pull towards her, a

to take a risk. "I' d like

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nmental research lab. My work was... sidelined in

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have," she said slowly

handed tactic Thorne had used in the first life to destabilize a smalle

spoke. He saw comprehensio

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attention. Let' s discuss t

not just about Thorne, but a

energy, her sharp intellect. She

a sense of partnership, fr

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