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ching the handprint swell o

a harsh word to me

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efiance. "Fine! I admit it's a fake! So what? It still cost me thousa

coldly t

he was broke and couldn't afford a gift or gave me knoc

wanted was

who truly cared, even if poor,

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de me laugh

f restraint. "Lucas, I'm materialistic? I saw you

n eyebrow. "Yo

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thing he said co

re they clients too? The two designer watc

went pale i

daughters! The watches were company gifts for clients! Elena, why is y

nger. "I've done so much for you, and you'

, he slammed the

s just a cover

nd sent a f

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sine and checked into the penthouse suite at a luxury hotel.

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told me her family looked

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ger. "Babe, we can keep our wedding simple. I'll save two hundred bucks, and we'll have dinner

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