ward into the quieter, carpeted expanse of the second-floor corridor, she

smooth and melodic as ever, but underneath lay a sharp, entitle

ng windows overlooked the snow-covered street below, Keira gripped the

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ars-made her throat close with sudden grief, but she swallowed it

at, is this because of that kid who hauled nine hundred and ninety-nine roses into the te

ble! You were the one who ended it.

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s way-an indulged son of privilege who treated everything and everyone as disposable playth

hall, the brass eleva

the line as she fought to steady her trembling breath. To Alexandre,

tely shedding whatever re

not to seduce the undergraduate boys! A girl like you and s

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her throat before

, and this was what he reduced her to in the end-an o

. She gripped the phone until her knuckles turned bone-white, standing r

That's exactly the kind of person I am! I love my s

the phone, her chest heaving, and

sh of tears broke past her lashes

e wetness from her face. She leaned against the cold window glass, let

rs slid smoothly open agains

a low, velvet baritone cut through the hall-whol

e Camren