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ng a storm, a color she'd spent weeks sourcing with a tailor in Scotland. She ran her hand over the impossibly soft woo
like a worthy investment. A small, perfect thing
Oscar-nominated actress, filled the screen with a radiant smile. "Yes, I'm stepping away from acting," she announced
h her. Such a public declaration of love was somethi
r world had collapsed. Her family's business had crumbled, lea
ike a savior. He offered to protect her brother and restore her family's stability-on one condition: she w
sperate and already half in love with the intense, magnetic man, she had said yes. Sh
er had reached her through the financial grapevine: Julian's firm had quietly acquired a string of prim
nt, signaling Julian's return. Aria's heart leaped with a familiar, pa
cably tailored as ever. He moved with an economy of motion that always comman
opeful smile on her fac
ng up to straighten his tie, a
e step back. His hand brushed hers a
d froze
hem. His eyes, the color of the sweater she'd so carefully chosen, were distant an
ering. "Dinner's ready," she managed, gesturin
and for just a fraction of a second, something shifted in his expression-a softening, a flicker of som
e void of any warmth. "
old onto the hope that the SoHo properties were
x, her voice a little too b
aid. He placed a handsome, dark leather folio on the table next
olio towards
asp. The leather was cool and smooth ben
, she read two words t
e Agre
the city traffic twenty floors below faded into a dull roar in her ears. Her breath caught in her throat, a painful, shar
sk of detached finality
h five quiet, devastating words

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