Lyra: the Billionaire's stolen wife

r, she found the heartbea

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de the penthouse was thick-not just with tens

m the ghost of his touch. Her breath still caught when she remembered his mouth against

would shatter the

ted to indulge in... but fe

e edge of the grand piano where she had nearly surrendered herself.

came th

lo

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pped in satin ribbon. Her name wasn't written

ttle of amber-scented perfume, an

scribbled

you're rea

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fa

it aloud-not once-but it was inked behind

e to her chest. Silk

hands

she

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ed until

ood in front of the mirror in nothing but Rafael's gift-black silk and lace ba

ld stil

y out the window and bury he

he di

blank-and slid o

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between stone alleyways

ted outsid

y, slid the key

cli

world

inted the walls in golden warmth. The windows were open, letting in the n

fa

chest. A glass of red wine in his hand, a

slowly, and his g

pered. "You're even mo

uldn't

t wan

she wasn't Darian's brid

s just

made her

w and deliberate. "You

mbled. "Then

ers brushing her cheek.

o his touch, b

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s all i

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kiss was

as f

fting her effortlessly into his arms. Her fingers tangled in his hair as he carri

," he murmured a

r head. "Don

t her mouth. "I

s if she were sacred. An

llow of her throat, made a trail of fire down her stoma

, forgetting everything except the wa

her, she cried out-not

he already knew her rhy

sn't

sn't

s rev

it was war and sur

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t still racing, his fingers trac

idn't

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lences didn't n

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shoulder. "It mean

wh

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sn't

was

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w that

perfume bottle shatte

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his head o

Track her card, her phone, her breath if you have to. I

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't return the

next

yed wit

idn't feel like betrayal, and h

alconies. In warm b

gs she had never

things Daria

ted one night. "Because I let her s

ou lov

t wasn't until I saw you caged tha

it?" sh

said. "Even if it

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asn't planni

his men informed him

lieutenant said. "He'l

lowly. "Then we don'

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a woke up alone

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ulled up acro

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into the room-but he was already t

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m. "You knew thi

't give up his pr

prize," she

e a fire. And he neve

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rang ou

shat

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longer the

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