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l paper ticket. The number 42 was smea
g in shallow, rapid jerks. The cold wind bit through her thin cotton dress, but s
brated again
een lit up with a text from
ight tonight. Don't even thin
ce-down onto the wooden bench next to her. Her fingernails dug so deeply into her palms that the ski
tires tore throug
smoke sputtered from the exhaust pipe, sending a cloud of ash
aned open with a sicked a hundred times. But the clothes didn't match the body. He was massive. His shoulders
locked onto Ayla. She looked small, standing there in her plain dre
step back. The man's aura was suffocating, h
oran's son?" she aske
et. He slouched his shoulders, deli
Brooklyn drawl into his words, burying the cris
dropped. She immediately reached into her canvas tote bag and pulle
," she said, her eye
. He had to bite the inside of his cheek to stop himself from laughing. It wa
ed, making his voice s
the big words. Her expression so
lained softly. "I won't touch your money, and you won't
is chest. He hated gold diggers. He hated this entire arrangement his father had
t her. He needed
nd I just got blacklisted by a corporate account. I barely make enough to eat. I mig
didn't step back. Inst
r. I get a steady paycheck. I can cover half t
He stared at her, searching for the lie in her eyes. There
from his pocket and scribble
ke cheap perfume and body odor. Drake's skin crawled. His stomach twisted with somat
ast them, her elbow slammi
s woman. But he caught Ayla looking at him with wide, apologetic eyes. He swallowed the insult, forcing himself to just let out
e and guided him to
she asked, treating him like
ken to him like that since he
ooked bored. "Do you both en
er knuckles were bone-white fro
. His voice was a
t the absolute finality in her tone was
und echoed in Ayla's ears. Two thin marriage certificattears. She let out a long, shaky exhale. The crushi
twitched into a cold, hidden smirk. The charade to
discreet black sedan idling across the street. It wasn't the usual Maybach, but Drake knew his father's stealth veh
ace. Ayla recognized the older man immediately. He was the one who had set this up. Sh
up the certificate so he could see it t
s son's pathetic, faded clothes with suppressed irritation
arply from the cracked window, leaving no room for argument. "I won't have my son
eart skipped a beat. She turned her
ding the silent threat in the old man's eyes. He had planned to du
y, fake sigh and shr
playing the defeated son

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