The hard part is realizing that the moment you step int

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or. He was tall, lean, and intimidatingly sharp in his black s

o escort you to Mr. Blackwood's residence. Your be

quicken

eaving no room for argumen

s saucers. "zoey ... wha

el. "I... told you. I agreed to th

this is crazy. You barely

ing at the man in the doorw

her face. "Then at least promise me you'll call

weak laugh, hugging her tightl

my old life. I slid into the leather seat, my fingers fidgetin

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was prepared for the sleek glass doors and the cold

s. Paparazzi shouted my name h

Over

re Liam Blackwoo

placing Cas

heart pounding. The driver pressed a button, and the

d man said. "Don't engage. Mr. B

sn't sure anyone could

, I was shaking. I felt like I'd been tosse

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. The city glittered beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, and

silk shirt with the top buttons undone, his hair sligh

without looking up from

't realize I was on

cool and assessing. "In my

raware of how out of place I looked standing

and walking down a hallway th

oftly, until he opened a double door into a

your room

The room was huge, with a king-sized bed draped in white linens, a balcony overlo

l," I said, stepp

said. "Until then, stay here. Do not go out on the balcony

it they can se

ned. "They alw

eyes sweeping over me, unreadable. "Get some

aining?"

Zoey. The world is watching. You

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idn't c

y so but the city outside roared like a living thing. I tossed and turne

e up and slipped out

etching endlessly. And there, standing by the glass

, barefoot, looking almost human. His hair was slightly damp, as if

d. "Couldn

rn. "You get

wh

n in the glass faint and ghostly. "Always watch

ugh me. "That so

ce was quiet, al

uld respond, his phone buzzed on the counter.

I asked c

h an alert. "Someone leaked your move-in.

hat shouting earlier... t

ay eyes locking on mine. "They kn

myself. "I didn't thin

d bluntly. "But if you list

rp bang echoed from the bal

leaping into my thr

d the glass doors. I followed a

ght a flash of movement a drone hoverin

recording us?

tightene

taunting us, before zipp

and this " He stepped closer, his voice dropping to a low, dangerous rumble. "O

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sn't just in a fake marriage. I was wal