His Perfect Poison

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then she turned her head, and her e

aking a bulle

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collect her scorecard, my b

watch

his gaze like an unwelcome

l down, my movements as smooth as water. To them, I was a winner.

thing. Just anothe

a casual arena like this. He radiated wealth and confiden

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elegance. My lips curved politely as I walked past him,

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hed my lips. His voice sounded rough,

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said, my voice

t me-like I was nothing more than a fli

ed. I could see it in the wa

lt it-revulsion, sharp and bitter,

rush his fingers. Twist his w

smiling softly as though his pre

d, holding my gaze like

, light and gent

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man who hated to lose. Th

ut none of them saw the storm swirling in my mind. None of them saw the

king at me.

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er me, I tho

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didn't blink, t

mi

a blade again

ft, my voice even.

all

what I felt, the entire plan would crumble. So I tucked the rage ba

y and unrelenting, as I walk

but I couldn't ta

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nted to

sound of her heels clicking against t

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uldn't l

sky stretched endlessly above,

lip for just a moment. My hands clenched

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