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f Ethan' s lavish "work dinner

st unbearable. Did they suspect? Or did they just pi

estate, the sil

password-protected, of course. But his second phone, the "burner" he u

ing sloppy.

cation glowed on its

ed as she picked i

mmered again

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wasn' t at a "vital, off-the-grid tech su

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heir luxury suite. The audio file was

licke

g glasses, loud musi

voice, slurred

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, huh?" one o

in his voice. "Predictable. But sweet. She' d nev

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friends, his business partners. Th

with the force o

edictable

thought of her?

She gripped the edge of th

an, boasting about speci

ds, eggin

doesn' t find out, man. She' s the perfe

. "She' ll never know. She wo

d off the

escaped her.

oor, the phone cla

t Ethan' s. It was his f

n outside

arable, a gaping

ars streaming down her fac

t. The abs

o coming ba

face was tear-stained, her eyes swol

apa night. The rain had started, a soft driz

grew heavier, drumming against the windshi

. Utterly, co

way, the though