it and raced back toward Manhattan. Twenty minutes later, the car skidded to a halt

to the cabin. Avery had barely adjusted her collar b

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car, his long strides forc

s personal business. What does

fusing to step back into the place where

she told me her grandmother collapsed aft

looking back, his ex

You need to go upstairs and comfort the famil

She stopped pulling back and let him drag her into the private elevator. Since th

e floor. As soon as the steel doors slid open, lo

nch in faded jeans and an oversized hoodie. Her light brown hair hung

a practiced flinch, a tear clinging

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he bench, she ran straight toward Dylan and threw herself into his

rist and raised both arms to catch Eric

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against Dylan's collarbone, Ericka shook her shoulders while shooting a sidelong glance at Avery.

sorry, I didn't mean

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fty-thousand-dollar deposit for the ICU surgery, and I couldn't borrow t

callused by years of menial labor - pla

round Ericka's thin shoulders as

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ecurity guards exchanged looks and whispered behind their clipboards. Watching the lawful wife get s

ting everything that Avery would scream, slap her, and make

to the embracing pair, her red lips curving into a breathtaking smile as she unzi

he edge of the card between two gloved fing

pay. But everyone here will re