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her hand flyin

d momentarily stunned, hi

this?" her father demanded,

"I will be Marcus Thorne' s fiancée. Ele

her sister, who looke

or thundered. "The arrangements a

a Harrison. The political value is the same. Perhaps even grea

ng smile playe

, "But Miss Harrison, the groundwo

ff with a wav

longer required. Send Chloe your invoice for past w

he Senator for support, but her father

said, her voice

ed away,

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door. "Eleano

ed with terror, but also a d

Eleanor whispered, he

erything. The illness.

down her face. "I remember too. Oh God, A

sat beside Eleanor, taking her trembling hands. "He

ried. "Why would you

rry him, you die. If I try to expose him now, with no proof that will sti

ll be in

s games. And this time, I' m not playing to w

ister, are going to live. You' re goin

fused. "Your husba

dored me, even if I was too blind to see it properly. He' ll ad

r, a mixture of fear

now if I can," E

st. This is our only chance.

ned Eleanor' s gaze