ss. She didn't look at William. S

cally pulling a dress from the closet. Her hands we

had treated her like a human being. The only one who remember

. The fear in her seemed real, but the cynic

," he sai

grabbing her purse. Her eye

act, Mia,"

ned slowly to face

st the doorframe. "This display of devotion... your timing is impeccable, isn't it?

left t

ike she might hit him. Then, her shoulders sl

illiam," she said quietly. "Not everyone

shed p

r to shoulder, staring at the steel

iver holding the door open. They slid into the back seat. The

indow, her hands clasped so tightly in her lap that her knuckle

her from the c

genuine. The trem

his certainty. Is

. She's a master manipulator. She trapped me. She wants

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