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say, but my breat

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way he sa

from my great-grandmother's diary

I'm glad it's not my a

he's tough. S

name I was born with-

t take a lot of things. That's why she's

k," I hiss, hating the

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ce. Of fucking course. Talk

re aw

at hot breath on my neck, closer than sin.

ed in my hair to keep it from getting caught. I feel myself go

en't let myself

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to pretend otherwise, I can s

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ulian in action. The question of just h

ing with the tattoos I can see c

and curl around his muscles in motion, if by some wave of my

boy said that to me, I wouldn't have had to

that's literally feeding me-but something tells me t

he makes a humming sound deep in his throat, like a pu

my shoulder strap. Goosebumps bloom where he touches

to te

convince me-with his tongue, hands, li

want it

..

denly, Yulian

hroat as he pulls

nd all the heat that had been simmering in the a

ously calling me from th

wly sinks, revealing Maksim's fac

just what he'd been busy with-me. "Start

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," Yulian snarls. "I don't care how you do it

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era

thoughts sharpen again,

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r way, wa

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riminal underworld. Nothing anyone can prove, but eno

me is Yuli

li

ople in this city-all the rich assholes

and in a car with the most

I

up,

Pretend you

one in the acid bath, r

king out as

nnounces, "

en my door, takes my hand, u

Grayer than gray, stormy, i

ugh to run? To

w better

it all in the rearview mirror for good. I'm not going t

sest exit while screaming like a chicken w

ake him to the store

ace light up again, brig

do is get th

boy, my little ang

eal with the

n, flash a smile, and step through the

and stays planted firmly on my lower

feel giddy and sweaty and all too aware of how huge he is

y in front of the whole paparaz