Where Love Shouldn't Bloom

formed drivers stood at attention. Servants rushed back and forth, carrying luggage, trunks, and other necessiti

aircase, a striking figure

like embers in the fading twilight, gripped the handle of her

ermined to win, though her face

asn't particularly thrilled, nor was she resentful. Excitement, frustration-those emotions did not touch h

ird step when a sudden forc

hind her, unmistakable in

you

ith energy, dashed past her like a child, her long blonde

p from tumbling forward. Her gaze followed Anna's r

head and resumed he

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k of trunks and a small chest were

g away again, calling out over her shoulder. "Be a darling and ta

f a response, Katherine was gone,

arms. The weight wasn't unbearable, but the l

. With a sigh, she carefully stacked the smaller trunks and secured th

ing the stairs a challenge, bu

through her as she

of her arms

rand lobby as something shattered

sive-looking phone lay face-down, its scr

flicker of remorse. N

taring, until an enraged

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arried himself with the unmistakable air of power-broad shoulders

rows furrowed sharply

harm despite the sharpness of his features. The top buttons of his shirt we

a work of art. The public hadn't exaggerated-the m

immune to

she remained silent, her expre

you hear me?" Hi

yes met his, still

clenched

ven flinch. Didn'

r his glare, yet she... s

t irked him more th

tion. But then, in one careless moment, she had knocked his phone from his gras

heer

ng to do something-anything-to break

d, reminding him that someon

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, restraining his

rode toward his fallen device, with steady ga

across the surface. He briefly checked the time on

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s clipped, a

lle's direction, he turned and walked awa

merely

to gather the scattered trunks

mechanically, but

had disappeared. She spotted Gabriel Anders speaki

essed into

man Anna is sup

haking her head before

ne of her

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ly restrained fury, the way he had lo

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ng had happ