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ilent, thick with unspoken words

n. As I pulled up to the entrance, I

d to me. "Come up.

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ctor will find out?" Her voice was lac

ut of the car and heading for the entranc

modern, impersonal. She d

indow, looking out

than?" she asked, h

needed a

flashing. "A change? Or

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r palpable. "You know, for years, I wondered

hated you

scent filling my senses. "You looked at m

way, she was. A di

you show up, and you invent this... this German doctor. Why, Ethan

us," I said, but the wor

something all those years ago, Ethan. At that party. You can't

touched my cheek. My s

whispered, her eyes search

s brushing mine. "And

tioning kiss that quickly deepened

head: This is how it starts! Th

asping. "Olivia,

r eyes blazing. "Because of y

ted, though the lie f

rabbed my face, her eyes filled with a despera

me again, hard, demanding. It wasn

triumphant, yet pained, glint in her eyes. She touched her own lips,

ing there, stunned, the ghost of her kiss on

fore I left. A dark, unmistakable

enging me. Ch

was te