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ver and whispered
r in the reflection. Her hair had been pinned into soft waves. Diamond earrings sparkled at her
a woman who belo
like some
t, Clara, handed her a velvet
itle, but slipped the
av
re
ting the strap on her shoulder. "You'll arrive alone. Represe
expect him
tated. "No
r she recognized. No words spoken as they pulled away from
e Thorne Foundation's skyscraper rooftop. It glittered wi
er at the entrance. "Mrs
s that n
of a world she didn't understand-one where laughter w
announced as she step
of Blaise Thorne, attendi
s tu
aphers
whis
her smile soft. But inside
hed first-petite, elega
heard so much abou
her hand. "A
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e it
e
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are better as myths. Easier to l
d before she laughed airily. "How re
ne to surviv
membering Clara's warnings: Speak little. Smile.
nd hour, people
did you
married to a man no on
ly married you to
water from her champagne glass. The lies were easier
the man watching h
black. No drink in his h
n't belong here-but
ht his e
t o
in her spine
hed before sh
it
couldn
ut from the weight of everything. Every lie she'd told. Every look sh
mansion barefoot
ning, Mrs
rned s
by a single floor lamp, the man b
she accused. "At t
uietly. "You sa
ia
dn't
r heart thundered. "Why
told
al. That I'm not allowed.
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re afraid," s
le
, so
es
eath c
. "You weren't supposed t
did wa
there. Doesn't me
thing? Sending your ghost wife
ed to know you could survi
ou," she said before she could stop h
her
lamp swit
rkness
sleep that
se she wa
beginning to wonder if a man with a thousan