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ping his fingers impatiently against the steering wheel. His eyes remain

s twenty mi

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on my

hat twenty

an. I told you I cannot leav

sound as if I am a

'll be ther

all e

und while Damian Sterling enjoyed the life he believed belonged to him. He had watched Sebastian grow

an occasional vis

ed reco

-

esigner coat. She entered the restaurant through a privat

late,"

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rless laugh. "You al

osite him. "What

on

ghed.

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w you speak ab

leaned forward. "You mea

lanced aro

say tha

aid someone might

protect every

protecting

able, and Vivienne immediat

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questions. He found a hot

expressi

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ttended a

believ

but I know he su

rubbed h

d stop meeting me

now

hy are

ou insiste

back, di

happening. You told

's face

sal

you going to

lready wa

seless if she k

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you s

ne hes

tion was enough t

ot sure,

eds her salary. She knows b

s when they think they a

e stare

uggesting

that we cannot l

ncomfortable with

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shook

Yet every time something goes wrong,

he one who keeps c

a glance from a nearby cust

sn't his son, we could lose everything. His inheritance

pression bec

re he never d

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fternoo

on. How was y

ssed the family

aised an

g. What did

put his

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res discipline, patien

learn everything ab

omed to comfort. Damian loved him, but sometimes worried that his son had not e

seriously," Damian said. "The company

ed. "I won't d

shoulder before

e watched them. A strange f

ition. She could not allow Rosalie, a maid wit

-

cleaning the sitting roo

e, come

y put down the

, ma

er handbag and pla

to take th

inly,

ed for it, Vivie

your m

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ging, ma'am

stand how important it

ile disappea

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depends on yo

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ssary curiosity to put y

sage wa

ing her that she ha

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handbag and walked a

ng, yet she felt as thou

-

ht, Tristan ca

aken care o

oke t

nd

s the consequen

ined silent

ight. We have to

bedroom door, where Damian

on't let anyone d

she knew the situation wa

impatient. And Rosalie knew enough to threaten t

enne wondered whether her carefully cont