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green gown. She held a st

. He looked up. His eyes swept over the d

ress,"

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eyebrow. "A

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the papers. He re

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held the paper

ripped th

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d them again. Then he dropped t

acts I don't intend

desk. He backed her a

e. Not a democrat. You

can't

ge. I own the company. A

trand of hair behind her ear.

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s phone rang

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ff

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overed h

etic," Decla

. "Tell her I'm sorry. Tell her

saw the tears welling in h

w tigh

abandoned her. You humiliated her. If you step foot in New Yo

hun

om was

ome back," Bla

n said. "Are you sti

him for leaving. I hate him for m

. He seemed p

her face in his hands. His th

lk into that gala, and you are going to look so happy, so ra

e?" she

you the envy of the city, Blaire.

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she wh

ka

ered h

he slipped her hand into the c

hand, then at her. H

," he murmured. "