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he didn't take a single diamond.

the penthouse and

of a crumbling brownstone in Brooklyn. It was an old

the heavy woo

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the next five hours scrubbing the floors and wiping down

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face. His eyes

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sunken cheeks. His eyes f

ly. "I saw the news about your family

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e of dirt on her left cheek

d. He pressed his thumb against her

eavy double doors at the en

trode into

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ed them. He saw the way Blair looked at the man-her guard completely down, a soft, vulnerable expression on her pale

lian's thumb on

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lway. His heavy footste

er head, a massive hand c

her backward wi

back slammed into

around her stomach, pinning her ag

red at Julian. The air in