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d rows upon rows of high-society guests, all dressed in their finest. The scent of luxurious per

was flawless

the faint sound of classical music. Laughter echoed among the crowd, champagne gla

sensed it. The unsettling anxiety. The silent cry stuck in my throat, desperate to bre

fingers, their once perfect shape destroyed in my trembling hold. My heartbeat raced wit

yone was watching me. Not when tu

voice echoed throug

ake Vanessa Philips to be

ine, firm, possessive, unyielding. His gri

y skin with a subtle type of command, as if he possessed

wavering, smooth, like someone w

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the

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, piercing eyes, held me captive. Then, so subtly I almo

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parted slightly, but no sound came out. My min

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that had set m

had disappeared the nig

ane

. My gaze darted to Peter, whose dark eyes nar

, just a little too hard. The fain

take Peter Rodgers to be yo

stretched unb

rip turned

in the room

ldn't

n a cathedr

e me, both sides insisting I yield. One drew me into an alluring passion, a blaze that risked devouring all that stood before it. T

as meticulously planned to bring me to this point. The facade I had constructed over the years was flawless, unyielding

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mind kne

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t as he placed the diamond ring on my

apturing my lips in a

because that's what

the heat of a gaze s

their expressions radiant with approval. My dad radiated happiness from the front row, his face glowing with pride.

ad gone accor

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scanning the guests, my hear

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slipping back

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to have you