Dare to Love

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he dinner rush was brutal, but for Emery, this was just another day. Scrub, rinse, stack.

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g sweat from his brow. He was a broad-shouldered guy

muttered, scrubbing ha

ell, dream faster. Boss

with the others. The clock on the wall read 11:47 PM. She

pulled on her hoodie and stepped into the night. The city buzzed faintly in the d

, slightly fair skin that made her mixed heritage stand out. Her long, wavy dark hair fram

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found something

ped out of the kitchen and into the cramped bedroom she shared with her younger brother. He was already asleep, cur

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ersity in the country. A place for the elite,

hen reality hit just as fast. A scholarship cover

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