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sha the moment she saw her draped over Denver's arm, but the loss of a child-any child-was a grief she would not wish on anyone. A

pasms, and her fingertips were completely numb. She pressed her palm flat against her abdomen and breathed thr

or was pushed open without a knock, th

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ssigned her as Aisha's personal assistant, a constant, watchful presence glued to her employer's side ever sin

t happened next. She had lived in this house for three years, and in one week, it had become a place where she cou

sat up a

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ht hand across the bedsheets, moving toward her phone resting on the nig

he phone. She pressed the side button, attempt

lder. The assistant lunged forward with surprisin

wiped the device's recent history. "Don't waste your energy," Brenda sneered, slipping the phone smoothly

s jaw ti

Julieta's helplessness. She stepped closer to the edge o

oving a man who despises your very existence. It was so easy to mak

t was suddenly replaced by a boiling, searing anger. The phy

t firmly on the floor. She stood up, forcing her

h living a lie," Julieta sai

ng by the insult. She stepped right into Julieta's personal spa

delivered a sharp, ringing

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dly, stepping for

renda in her tracks. Aisha slowl

laugh. It was a low, unhinged sound that