three days s

a flicker-of something behind Alexander's wall

ed late. Their only communication came throug

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questions abo

feel more like an

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had requested-but added her own twist: silver heels instea

ked in, dressed in another

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t I'd be a real wife for on

ng. But his e

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conversation, even charmed a group of investors Alexander had been courting

on the way home,

pressed

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me. I needed to prove to mysel

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ean anything," he said sh

" she snapped. "Because

eavy. Like both of them were holding back thin