The Masked Heiress; A love story hidden in betrayal and family secrets

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stretched like a scene from a fairy tale-perfect hedges, marble fountains, rose bush

smiled, danced, even kissed Xander's cheek for

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with a breakfast tray. "Good morni

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of the

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gaze. "I had to. You said it your

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what Sabrina h

business. She wasn't

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