s okay, don'

the trembling girl. His voice was so

dn't matter. What mattered was, she was scared. An

elt just like

r face against his chest, her

m h

tay at a hot

ke being in tha

ow painful her past life had been without Alexan

everything blurred. Her chest tight

ears came flooding back-every sleep

till hanging over her, she would've packed he

e just bent down and scooped her up without

head down in his arms and didn't look b

ntial suite of one of the Brooks Corporation's five-star hotels, lo

ive in the countryside. There was a villa

ike she didn't want to

t was

let's just say karma hit hard. L

s turned cold,

d've already called Ethan and asked him to take

ifted her chin, speaking softly. "What

s in his eyes, she blurted out, "Nothing t

did she

out to ruffle her hair. "I'll

hree. sounde

reat wife. And

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her, not sa

to be my boyfriend, reme

cut off by the warmth of his l

iss. Noth

ed, as he pulled back

said lowly, his voice husky and

n't have stopped at

rows furrowed as she glared at him, obvi

ps, a little flust

st

that crept onto his face. Seeing

sor

e mea

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didn't mean to," she sig

ed her hand and

are you

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bbed as he swallowed. All of a s

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