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in this place.

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hoarse. Just hearing it

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don't know how much

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ckly. "A way to help you. I

could hear h

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ged. "I need yo

time. Then finally, he

at my phone screen till it went off. I

I whispered. "Eve

d from the shadows again.

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m the living room couch

a black velve

lack, with a plunging neckline and ba

me to wear

flat. "People will stare. Let the

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eyes. "Of co

hour," he said, already turni

lar bills. My heels clicked against the marble floors as I walked beside him-He was we

questio

dressed like the Grim Reaper's ric

question wha

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g, which was fine by me. I need

bar and grabbed a glass

u here." a voice

urn

t the expensive clothes that caught my attention, it was his sm

upposed to kno

g you'd still talk to me," he said, ta

a brow.

ten, but you look like someone who belongs in a field of

that your ide

a little. "Is

r the exhaustion. But I

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re fu

ard work. Ladies love a funny guy

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erit empires and ruin Charity ga

re not going to give any

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this time. It felt foreign on my fac

e asked all

jolted th

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s head. "Ain

ond, I felt a chill

urn

tood be

. But his energy had shifted. He

smoothly, ignori

ck slightly.

he asked, vo

facing him with a sl

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art s

ot

his sides. While Aiden sipped his

skills haven't impr

Dante sai

a brow. "I ju

sai

interrupted. "Maybe try acting li

rozen bet

hell was

icked to me. "Y

ad. Slowly. "

dark prince

off but my curiosity was already piqued. Aiden

his posture rigid.

iding more than just

was pound

around. I looked at Aiden one last time, a f

ey to understandi