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ith contempt. "You think using a divorce threat will make me look at you? A

ed gasp and took two steps back, lowering

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ulled out a second, identical manila folder, and

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tered in an instant, his face draining of color as

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dining table. He pulled out the documents, took his Montblanc fountain

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, checked both signature lines with clinical d

and staircase to pack a single suitcase. On

fists clenched so hard his k

down the marble steps carryi

foyer, her eyes re

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ot moved f

watching me through the gloom like an

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al rain rushed in, soaking the

our, and let the heavy iron gates of the Hurley es

s of my requested rideshar

e door, and looked at the receding silh

e in three years,