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are you doing

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twisted from

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her out

ained

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closer, eyes na

tonight. On your arm, looking the part. If she's not t

ey all stormed out, Arth

d, Maya ripped her wrist

ut of your

her voice shak

and the board that I'm your fian

ragging me into

ly to the door

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or I'll si

aving! This is crazy - I

er shoulders firmly, fo

eir little underground scheme and they're going to destroy

ct we have.. This is the

is to use me as y

hands off her,

you want the whole world to think we're getting married? I'm no

your

you don't need to wo

the solution is to

led out a yellow legal pad,

e y

ithout l

in love. In return, I clear your father's medical debt and set up a two million dollar trust fund for your sis

ou're buy

ed with a b

up at her grabbin

I'm

the company. You've already proven yourself worthy to me and with the amount of ti

as I say, I'm s

't utter

al pad across

he pen and signed her name at th

the papers,

of the day off to p

nto the penthouse at six tonight with a glam team alrea

y understand what's

d faintly

air the second Maya wa

gh.

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just stared at

as a mi

board get what they want if I marry into the Beaumont family and

irectly in the middle of a

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roject; Phase One Appro

some old apartment buildings, small family businesses and a woo

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texts from him

rom the desk and walked out of