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d items on the floor, a king surveying the wreckage

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ent

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nreadable expression. A faint frown line appeare

ay," he stated. It wasn't a q

She clutched the bag to her body lik

tight. She met his gaze, her chin held high. Sh

perate idea spa

, challenging edge to her tone, "it's perfect ti

ure, unadulterated desperation. A pathetic att

t was ins

p and dangerous. The air in the room grew he

s low and laced with an interrogati

eyes. It was ironic. He didn't want her, but the thoug

otion he had shown

r sense of triumph. "So the divorce is m

p closer, his tall frame looming

he demanded, his voice returnin

pe family's marital contracts included health clauses. He was j

uching her lips for the first time. "We're gettin

locked in a sile

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could only

away from her, but not enoug

voice was a low, soothing m

wound. He was giving another woman the gen

ling invisible. A gh

keys from a small silver tray on the console table, his mov

the marble. He paused with his hand on the doork

, his expression once

tomorrow," he said. "Br

request. It

ic report at his feet and tell him everything. To ask

ped in her throat, chok

door clicked s

d of his car's engine f

hat followed

teady herself against the cold wall, her legs no

back finally came, a