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placed her si

against the fine bone china

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the girl. She calmly picked up her

ally, "is to force a public confrontation

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thing she hated more than anything in the world

table and pushed a glas

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together. She snatched he

d the door, her high heels stabbi

ched the doorway

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ain up to the sunlight, admiring the amber color of the

open. He couldn't believe the most explosive temper in th

head and met th

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