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charge of the cultural touris

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about to begin, the heav

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business dress, flanked by two nervous assistants

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back in New York to be parachuting into a

the head of the t

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gs to expand, ignori

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n rapped her knuckles loudly against the

dismissively. "It's too niche. There is zero commercial explosive pow

ed their tune. They began nodding along with Brooklyn, murmur

er face perf

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using her authority to shut down the debate. "I want your

n her lips. "If you can't handle the pressure, the M

t display of wo

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bag quickly and walked out of the boar

evator bank and pres

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tanding inside

hands intimately gripping his bicep, her fa

sed his eyes when he saw Arden, but his brow

covering her mo

get lost? This is th

jaw shut. She re

ped into the confined space, and

ping the three of them

s perfume made Arden's stoma

er head against F

. "I was a little strict with the vendor during the me

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irector. You don't need to apologize

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or reached

opened, Brooklyn eagerly pul

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as they walked away toge

evator, feeling like the

ors slowly c

ation in her throat. When she opened them again, every trace