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the window. The Amalfi coast was bathed in gold, the sea s

felt like a

ness. Intoxicating, addictive madness. But as

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like she'd just sold

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silver tray-perfect cappuccino, fresh frui

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owe me things," he said.

belong there,"

me," he said. "Any

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black silk and diamo

her through marble halls, into

cold eyes. Women who watched her like prey. And at the

man app

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flinch. "This o

thout warmth. "You must be the ar

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omething ont

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silence stretched

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cked. "I've kill

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Because he touched so

sted. "What am I

then, with that

simply. "But you

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