He Bought Her Truth

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aid, already on her feet, "

ly he

ted to calm her quickening pulse and pondered wh

just tha

rooftop-quiet, assured-like he noticed anyt

zing out over floor-to--ceiling glass when the doors opened.

he said wit

entering insi

enigmatic he was. Nothing on his features hinted

suppose you

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or a while. "Then I wi

tten by his PR team, perfect in tone, implying a whirlwind love

as l

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selling my soul

re leasing your narrativ

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ixed. "We asses

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real just

set photograph of Rowan and Damien striding side-by-side into a charity luncheon. Her red dre

er as a phoenix. A myste

unaware of

a breath in the car

l to you? " she

r. "It felt controlled

killed in

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rip me apart. " The press. The public. Ul

id no

Why are you not afraid of

worst of me is already public. " And

e had not stopped hiding,

ren had left, the walls were vibrantly colored. She walked

could rescue individu

hit th

, she disc

by brushstrokes and shat

wed me,"

u left your phone i

ou could have s

to see thi

nt drawings. Signed in the corner with a child's scrawl, he halte

e said. "Who

his father passed away. He paints as tho

ion to her. "You give th

d the knot i

r your check. For your suit not. For this. " He

s behind her, Rowan asked, "Yo

tonishmen

paints and an inexpensive bristle.

s twitching,

worked quiet

spoke again,

ork remained with you.

before r

through something I could not i

And what did it cos

is brush again.

hey left t

d the city. Damien's car sa

ted at th

is won't be

rth anythi

first formal photograph set. The intervi

" she sa

me of he

automobile door. Sh

ing terrifying as the cit

e show concluded-and where

her heart a shambles and

he world our story,"

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e alre

of lights. To the sensation of terro

at a red light. H

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