Pampered By The Ruthless Billionaire Cousin

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ain. A low, insistent hum. She'd silenced it an hour ago, trying to build a wall of work

as chaos. Dozens of notifications. Instagram tags, Twitter mentions, miss

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hand tangled in Sienna Sterling's blonde hair. His lips pressed against hers in a

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from sadness, but from a sudde

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ally breaking free fr

talked about her as if she weren't

of shame was already receding, replaced by

New York City. For two years, she had lived in this gilded cage, playing the perfect Astor wife. G

stor family lawyer slid a prenuptial agreement across a mahogany desk. Ryan hadn't even been there. It was a

e volume button until the phone went completely silent. She knew what that call would be-a ca

this

rs. Waiting for him to say it again. Remembered the late nights in this apartment, staring at his photos, trying to find one shred of sincerity in that perfe

him. She had been a footnote.

. When she opened them, there were

her phone, knuckles white. The anger was a solid thing inside her n

o, past the hashtags, diving back into the toxic swam

ooking fo