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gn sketches into the suitcase, ign

from my hands and threw it on the floor. "Aveline! I'm talking to you! Were you alrea

d turned to face him. His handsome fa

l, cold laugh. "Julian, have you forgotten? We're b

speechless, hi

more words on him. I bent down, pick

finger. They turned red with fury. "'The Heart of Aph

and status. Fine. Let him believe that.

mpared to you using my money to support your mist

, trying to play the victim. "Ava, were our seven years together all fake?

arrings I had once admired but decided were too expensive. "Look, I b

y. When I needed him, he gave me betrayal. Now that I wa

ipping my suitcase shut. "However, y

He clearly thought I was caving. "Anything. T

aid, looking him straight in th

stone. He thought he'd mi

s compensation for the seven years of my youth you waste

in disbelief. "This place is worth

the entire interior. On the grounds that even the money you used to buy it

ckly shade of gray. He kn

tgomery family would be more than happy to hire the best lawyers in New Yor

ew that if this went to court, in his current st

, he ground out the words through his teeth. "Fine. It's yours." A flicker of cunning cro

uments," I instructed, pulling my suitcase past him. "And g

"Ava, my mom wants to see you. She's

n who had always looked down on my "

. He wanted to use his mother to tes

lighted to see Mrs. Sterling. But I do hope Miss Hicks and her lovely s

into silence. He ha

t little family unit, so I cou

I walked out of that place that no

ere. He was sitting in the living room of the suit

eave?" I aske

that was safe," he said without looking up from his screen. Hi

is jaw under the soft light. This man, as cold as he