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, Jenna had looked at me a

re now soft. No long

't see this coming, but I'm not walking

re year with her kept circlin

ed under my breath. "Damn it."

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ng I had to do at the office."I forced

r cheek. "We need to

a strand of hair out of her face as she s

said just as

ust in time

door way. Without speaking a word, she took

m. The smell of food made my

re clinked against the fine china as the

h had changed since the

u" my father said, not bother

t sound surpri

n't ei

muttered, acknowledg

s for dinner." Mother added even

and everyone look foc

ent except for the clattering

ther asked, wiping he

ve a word,

preparation?" Father cut

all. as I have a careless

like progress. I nee

s glass. "You need to sta

n't a

wife, you better star

d and lo

wl. And there was nothing

t bride and a good bus

bother to

ren't you exci

ore me, you can't escape goin

ly pleased with wha

pushed around

ve a choice." My vo

e you've got right now is either marrying Jenn

ning myself from say

n we've got in using that trust to our advantage ." He g

b." He continued. "Investors are pull

see? If this deal falls th

?" I asked coldly. Pulli

voice into a whisper. "To love

hair screeched loudly a

at, getting married to her

like she wanted to say

t she was

people know who you are. For all the public knows, you're a phantom, r

d an ey

mpany's market value doesn't bounc

eone I don't really care about, and now

and I'm working on

a brief moment bef

ng, the empire, our name, and your one chanc

I've got to keep up

r. My nerves tensing u

" I was angry. I

rds the balcony. My shoes make a

voice asked. It wa

. What are y

s planned and you come out here for

greement as I took

while I watched the lights twink

. The house maid from earlier walk

's t

mouthed softly before

voice over the phon

didn't you call

, so I decided to use the p

s she doing at

at the airp

led. I'm back from France and I was

widened

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