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way fro

of chatter and music as we exited the ballroom. I blink

all over the place as I processed

"He doesn't care about you. Wh

eart pounding. "So t

er yourself. This marriage isn'

st tig

ould respond, he turned and walked towards the ca

ai

is time, the

phone, and I sat as far away from him as possible.

mportant from me... or that he'd said I meant nothing to him-this part I wa

say a word. He just vanished down the h

pacing its length and wi

words. The way Dante's shoulders had tensed. The th

done enough for Dante. It was

walked barefoot to his

cked

side, "What are

me

the sound of the locks bein

hirt which was unbuttoned at the collar. I spotted his hoodie lying on his bed.

. I was well aware of the fac

n and I'd finally

dd staying away from my ro

nore

said quietly, stepping in. "Wh

to stay away

I'm here about you. I need

dn't

re wealthy and you seem to be really bent on hi

ack t

to my father? Is this your way of to

anything. "I'm not your enemy, Selena. Don

prov

me out like

nt, the seconds felt str

erate motion, he turned,

d. No

t h

th caught i

e kind of person one could easily desc

e an icy blue so sharp and fierce they looked l

untingly

iet, didn

t even if

e, letting m

h," he said soft

t thinking. "You... you

of a smile. "F

pered. "Why help me?

me. "Because I know what it's like to fee

my fa

"I'll get

ear

ll first thing

a moment, then nodde

ed at t

ble as I thought you were,"

sworn I heard h

er are

had been lifted off my chest. Soon, my father would be free and w

I woke to the ri

mbled for it, blin

wn nu

el

s Selen

Who is

ather, Richard Blake was brought in early

ent cold.

he guards found him passed out

? No,

to come in

hands as I slid off the be

sn't ha

wasn'

tarted to

d

eft was slipping away from