The Oracle's Revenge: My Purchased Marriage

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ago. She didn't move immediately. It was a rare and calculated command performance; at the Hamptons estate, they slept in separate wings. Here, in this glass box in the s

till the

athing shallowed, her posture collapsing inward. The door swung open, slamming ag

railing down to the defined ridges of his abdomen. He looked like a statue carved from rese

band. He looked at her like a st

elf into the corner of the headboard, widening her eyes. It was a practiced motion. The frightened doe

k. The silence in the room was heavy, suffocating, f

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cheek before landing on the duvet. Heda didn't flinch. She

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eached out, his fingers digging into her ja

't my wife. You are a shield I bought to keep

urned his back to her, dropping the towel to dress. The muscles i

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the tiny black listening device from the edge of the nightstand where it had been placed. With a practiced, silent motion,

links with aggressive precision. The wall of ice

air and threw a garment bag at

back to the Hamp

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the door hard enough to

all, Heda's tears stopped. Instantly. It

on full blast to create a wall of white noise. She reached behind the t

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the pink Chanel suit. It was tight in the shoulders. She look

The Oracle was gone.