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doors opened directly i

rug. The space was massive, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling window

r he had given her in the car.

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s. He unbuttoned his suit jacket with one

d up a thick manila folder

s the smooth glass and stopped righ

less law firm in New York

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ull in air. She stared at the fo

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gers trembled slightly as she broke the se

marriage

arriage. In exchange, he would legally force her father to release her mother's trust fund to

is is absurd. You are Justice Duncan. You could have any

it jacket. He pulled out a glossy photograph and

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st provide a stable, two-parent household for him before my thirty-fifth birthday, or I forfeit my voting rig

the boy's face in the photo, a violent,

ache bloomed right behind her ribs. Her fingers twitched, an overwh

he bizarre emotion down. She

ia said, her voice shaking slightly. She dropped the

't argue. He

out an unlimited black titanium credit c

own in Tribeca," Justice said, turning his back

card. She turned and pre

garage felt like de

iness hit her. The walls seemed to spin. Her stomach lu

r mouth, leaning heavily a

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ened. The driver was

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the bile. "No. Take me to the Upper

. The sterile smell of rubbing alcohol and b

arms wrapped tightly around her waist. Th

s, an older woman with kind ey

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to show her the graph. "Based on the HCG levels, you are roughly

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in her ears, drowning

week

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nt. The

stopped b

fectly, horrifyingly aligned with the man who had ju

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h to muffle a sob. She fell back into t

sal from the most dangerous man in the

the paper in her fist until her nails cut into her p

f the clinic was shatte

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ched in with trembling f

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is number. She had n

g against her throat. She took three deep, ragged

er and pressed the

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k contrast to her spiraling panic. "Did you really think you could walk into a clinic on the Upper East Side without my knowledge? Dr. Ar