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a harsh knot and sneezed violently

frantic sound echoing throug

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the door and looked

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velvet jewelry box with

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not take

the velvet box open

nd necklace rested on the dark

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it

box into the

d locked the deadbolt again,

or boardroom of Vaughn Cap

long glass table, his face a

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into the room, his foots

and whispered i

the Cartier necklace had

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a look across the room that made

issing the entire meeti

aggressive strides back to

ilk tie, loosening it as a str

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ately to a cold, automa

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so completely. The silence where her name used to be on his phone felt

o the floor-to-

the concrete jun

ast night, her back completely straight an

tment, Brook ope

to her privat

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ed the re

sound pinged from the

and clicked t

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al paperweight from his desk

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o the open doorway, he

t

ng up and down as he struggle

on his desk, trying to f

mer night in the Hamp

that red dress, how she had l

d just tear up the contr

intercom butto

find out exactly wher

a pair of practical

to the tech incubator in Brooklyn t

partment building and s

enly swerved and parked aggressi

window ro

is features tight with a

n the

h command that left

topped

rom the heavy vehicle, her

she would look at a stra

one from her pock

out of that car, I

acking any trace of the

in Damon's

believe she was actually thr

t wait for h

and walked briskly to

ant sitting in his car in th

r back disappear

his fists against

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