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a little too casually. "I think it'

ear the air? She wan

It was just a silly misu

n. All glittering chandeliers an

and probably worth more than my old

over, Ethan

h false sweetness. "So glad to see you out an

i

matching her tone.

hoping you two could bury the hatchet. That day a

lashed, but she r

bracelets catching the light. "Water under the bridge. In fact, Maya, since you

a perfectly m

surprisingly strong, her

tany," I said, my ow

iends drifted ove

re?" one of them, a blond

ll misunderstanding. Brittany, why don't you apologi

this, the litt

ened, but she nodded.

of something expensive

, one to Ethan, and

her eyes locking with mine

liquor burned

ttle clique of vipers,

, setting up this elaborate char

ith sadness. It was a dul

ntertainment.

them a show the

than pulled me ont

rmured, his hand a littl

ice," I said, p

"Brittany has

ittany "took me

oking me up and down with an expression of barely conceal

agged me to a series of u

e prices were

e-eyed wonder

stroking a ridiculously priced python c

han, my eyes b

wave. "Of course, baby

amused glance with Brittany wh

was a greedy, s

rf

nsive, most impractical items. Th

g up identical cashmere sweaters. "One fo

indulgent. Brittan

eautifully. The naive g

ictory. Another brick in the

were buying my loy

funding

wait to send