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quiet.

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he sme

smoke. It was a rich, dark tob

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nd the side of

was wearing the dark blue uniform of the school security staff, but it looked... diffe

king out over the campus. A ciga

he said. His voice was a low rumble

round. He just k

d to smoke on campus," Chelsea

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and turned a

eft Chels

the color of a stormy sea. She didn't know his name from magazine covers. She knew him

for a second, his bore

the cigarette, h

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ai

racks. He took a step toward her. He was tall. Over s

ted his head, studying her like a puzzle he c

ned. "I've n

. The smell of tobacco and cedar wood was into

public breakdown on a film set, sent away by her mother for "exhaustion." And him. A bo

's eyes

o cried in her slee

as a physical blo

f he knew about that past, her carefully cons

she said, forcing her voice to be steady

his boot. He stared at her, his gaze intense

he whi

ace inches from hers.

inst the water tank. "C

ged. The coldness fractured. Something

tasted the wo

sea asked, her voice

ing to devastatingly handsome. "Finally found a stud

ng her space. "Go. B

wait. She bolte