The Billionaire's Bride Has A Secret

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n-dollar pendant clutched like a trophy in her hand. The moment Marc

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augh. "You didn't give me a

d in an instant. Her face crumpled, her shoulders slumped

d to look at it," she wailed, her voice thick with manufactured

ng the momentum to artfully stumble backward, right in

nca held the pendant out t

ing up at him with wide, innocent eyes.

ith a desperate, foolish hope. I expect

ression hardening as he looked at me. He unclaspe

a cold dread washing over

his voice a frigid declaration. "To Bian

hey all crumbled into dust. A raw, guttural sound tore from my throat, and I

h brutal force. He shielded Bianca with his body as

k as I hit the ground. The last flickering ember of ho

my body aching,

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me, a note of confusio

ung to him, her sobs escalating. "M

e her. He dismissed me with

e curb, waiting, a pathetic part of me still clung to the hope o

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pretend anymore. It was