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ind. Could that love letter b

ed at the chance to pry. "Ms. Dawson, I'm just

t hesitation. "Does anyone kno

ther. Not one of them had e

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tinued for a while, yet Et

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ment, and she stumbled s

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just enough panic to sell the act. The swe

ngers tightened slightly around th

ct was meant

as, the tactic

off guard. He caught her wrist at once. His grip wasn't ro

art again in

in his flat, detached voice revealed wha

ed not to understand. "I'm not

to her and lingered. "The Kin

roze. Her face lost

d escaped

e couldn't think of anythi

in because Gillian crossed a line. The Carter f

rned and w

ole remained exac

one as untouchable as Ethan

been in a relationship, t

w could the heir to the Carte

ied her reflection and slo

hadn't stopped him from co

rrelevant. The outcome

d to the booth, she looked

beside Ethan, she settled into

his seat. "I'm calling it a ni

he offered before he lef

"Don't worry about him. He won't stay

s retreating figure. Then she

ks for inviting me. Hopefully, we can hang

than and followed h

d rain was pouring down

brella, Ethan slowed to a sto

ok out a folding umbrel

runted. He clutched his chest and collaps

n just c

, dial

, yet every one of them stayed b

n collapse... There were too many risks fo

an ordered in a shar

opped to one knee. Muddy water soake

the man's pupils. Next, he expertly pressed his fingers aga

"It's a tension pneumothorax. He ne

owd. "I need something sharp. A pen,

st. Several people ev

ne from stepping in, especially

e, I need it right now," Ethan repe

thin silver pin from her hair. She used it in her workr

his, Dr. Carte

. He stopped for a fraction of a second. Then he borrowed a lighter f

le. "Hold him steady. Ma

he old man and held him in plac

etween the man's ribs and inserted the

unded as the ai

n's chest was released. Little by l

rom the people

reathing! The

as incr

that... he's def

teady so it wouldn't move, while th

t over Ethan and the old man. She herself stayed outsi

the rain as paramedics hurr

ey were surprise

om the old man and gave them a quick report. "His breat

ramedics nodded as they

hs with someone like Ethan. Without Ethan there, a

aced inside the ambulance, E

er body and outlined her delicate, attractive figure.

d held it over her head. "The pin went to the hospital

out it. Saving someone's life was worth losing a pi

came out soft and strained. "My phone di

spoke for a wh

d and detached, without a hint of emotion. "I'll drive you

ogether. "I'm renting a place in an older building, and it doesn't

hem made her plea obvious. "I'm freezing right now. Could I possibly use your