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elt smaller
stared at her ceiling all night, haunt
My rules. My c
Velvet Room shaking with fury... but also with something w
asn't
. Blocked number. A sing
ross. Shame if someon
hun
door. No return address. Just a photo-her, taken the nig
KES YOU EAS
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e was her
r she had sworn n
's office in The Velvet Room. The air inside was thick with leather,
embled as s
voice. Smooth. Co
e door and st
is presence cutting through the room like a knife. He didn't lo
oat tig
she said. "I
smirk. But something in his eyes flicke
to lose, Arielle,
here to
was already
lauses, and protections. The same kind she'd
t the top in bold re
a. Not M
e
t toward her with a fou
ed at the words as her pu
e said calmly. "In
after
away. If
ollow. "You're
want control, Arielle. But it wa
bbled her signature across the bottom of the pa
le Mo
ng. When she pushed it back to him, he
long to
pped. "No. I be
desk. Close. Too close
y. "I won't break you this time
what's
just brushing her jaw, tilting h
e's weak... but because she knows s
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-black, with a numbe
ing stops. Immediately. I'll never touch you
Instead, she tucked the card
" Lucien said. "Be ready by eigh
I don'
his breath bru
l. You al
ere, shaking, burning, terrified... and not
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