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ce toward the sun from the backseat of her family's silver Bentley, letting the warmth kiss her flawless skin

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s the CEO of Kingsley Capital-one of the most powerful investment firms in the country. Her mother, Celeste, was a former supermodel who still looked

Angeles, with gold-rimmed champagne flutes, customized macarons, and a live

was the Kingsley life. Opulence was

when they pulled up

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out my b

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k in her chest. "No. You're Charles Kingsl

way out of." He looked away. "The

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he swallowed. "

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