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that we'll have to revisit after this d

ever been direct or overly

ld be well aware that if this ever came out the press would rip

yone else to find out about this. But w

red like the words p

nation starts going wild. All they need is a couple of pictures of you to twist the story in any w

is buttons fought hard not to pop under the sudden strain he was p

lded myself. He's rude, arrogan

p from the chair that I was sitti

g away in the mansion. The servants kept a polite distance,

ooked like he was going out of his way to avoid me. He never came down for breakfas

g room in the past. He didn't stop there and would inconvenience himself in so many other ways rath

for some fresh air an

I wasn't on house arrest. I was free to go wher

and chunky heels. I thought it would help me blend in when I came ou

boutique, I had three new dresses on h

ng it, I should buy anyt

e. "" I've been terribly busy. ""Anyway, do you have good new

ut a more mature part cushioned those feeli

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y sighed ov

less than a month, ha

was a lost cause, bu

lfully avoided any topics that w

er hands up in submi

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s his privacy, it's

voice, and it thi

I hope he i

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ong, just trust me. "" You're the o

have to confess to making some sort of mist

you. But call me

d the call on her end and I made a beeline over to t

my hand when another longer,

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after the man's black card was taken

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t me off from s

his hands on my shoulders and guided my eyes to a man in the

g funny?" he sai

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lowing you not long aft

old all o

ou're pulli

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I'm messing with you