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stayed calm. "You slash

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peace. Maybe even a smile

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in a CEO's office after slashing his tires.

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hat to say. So

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g would feel like surrender. Like I wa

re to be ta

gain with that unreadable gaze. "

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my waist, trying to salvage an overcooked dinner, when ano

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