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et, a new high-end model she' d orde

t?" she asked,

e it? It's just, she's so emba

e thousand," Maya

n fund we had? For that trip to Italy? We ha

ed a new layer to her design

ly? You're okay with that? I m

. If she needs mo

ow, Maya. Thanks. You're bein

was one w

desperation, finishing rush design jobs to make rent after Ethan

different ones. He' d dropped out of the first, complained his way through the second, and barely scr

it. Their shared dreams, she' d b

d. "All sorted. Olivia sends her th

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oxes in the spare room? Are you

like that,"