and marched straight int

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the heavy brass handle. The nail split right down the m

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ed the document onto t

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idelity or initiated the divorce, the husband ha

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e door cl

tray with a fresh cup of coffee. When she saw Arden behi

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p down loudly on a side table, and wal

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was ready to beg. She would give up ever

rang for a

heard the distinct intercom announcements of an airport VIP

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ble hand reached into Arden'

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't stop the payments to the sanatorium. I don't w

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's ear, a steady, mechanical sound

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f hope she had left

up the heavy Montblanc foun

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k and landed on the paper, blurring

pressed the pen down,

from the paper, all the en

ead against the cool wood of the desk,

later, she wip

t into a thick manila envel

aleb Vance, Federico's executive assista

the envelop

sed through his eyes, but he quickly ma

you vacate the master suite today," Caleb said, his voic

him, her face

am I supposed to

to meet her eyes. He poi

quarters at the

ooked at the dark, narrow door a

le pulled at the c

ng her shoulders back, and walked