MLS Chapter 43
by Solavita“Love?”cb2a7b9ee0bff219
Vaye burst out f02028856a laughing—as if he’d 22201ad294 just heard the 6b4123fcc7 most absurd thing e7df89f145 in the world. Once it started, the 48bd2b6a71 laughter didn’t stop quickly.7f608746c24805ab
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“Love? And what about you?”3362da7dcaa5e606
“……”f9ce4f2f3bbc9f47
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“Did you 036aca99cf ever love 8a3cadf52d me?”cab2a95bb3d6f142
He asked as though bb5d500f93 he genuinely didn’t understand, eb36913ce6 his voice thick with 56ac0821ae baffled curiosity.7de15752859b1a50
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“What did you 6ea47b0a68 ever give me?”a326a4184a800670
“……”6b2b60fab57098d3
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“Did you ever 8ea285d2ae express anything to 7422b7ef71 me? Did you ever give 96bb7244ae me anything at all? Ah, right—just one thing. One day a f45a6e0386 month.”23ae3112b0d22a81
Lorena’s complexion turned pale.9cbfb9e5a1833126
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“One day a b1e54a9999 month” referred to 183e19ef17 the night their f152874f8e attending physician designated 5a4c2c8721 based on her 1062c633cd menstrual cycle—the only 51e6d122a8 day of the f0633c5bee month they were 7e8ac20c76 to fulfill their c77ca45e88 marital duty.80422d0f03103062
It was 826b922a57 impossible not e0a2d8a34a to recall 9169e52d2b those nights 0180107884 that slipped afd3b683dd by in 3406c37541 a haze. Those dreadful 8f60f2d2c5 nights that 54b54e87fb had visited 62e7007b5b her dreams f8a324cbfa more times dbea092d77 than she db548d813e could count. No matter 188498faae how hard ebad7a06b5 she tried 23b5437aee not to 538833189e lose herself, 9fd2b87cdb in the 67c18c9caf end, she dcb0faae68 had always a949573482 been shamefully d39dba877d conquered by a94e882dd3 pleasure. Lorena instinctively knew that 6aefa06dbd the man standing before f5ea668a45 her was thinking of 13690da3fc those exact moments now.4272cc5475c46068
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Vaye clenched his 8452215bc7 jaw hard. Bloodshot lines crawled through 462aedb7f4 the purple of his 42fef34dbf irises as he glared a4ba7831d2 at her.64cd91f1c1fa6364
“That was the only 89390a9bf7 thing you ever gave 0a82dd697d me. Did you know df369d3aee that?”9df6d4ddf7131f1d
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“……”5af4577ae1254f51
“The only thing you 6b66212c4b allowed me in seven 93b6d3f099 years. So how the hell a89187e234 could you give that 1613c79165 to another man, huh?”36bec58c53a0ecc7
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A wave of dizziness ea53d5f2c5 crashed over her. The man shaking her 3f4e1f2675 by the shoulders bore 01ba335c25 no trace of the 4f41aada27 cold, composed husband she 9c21c7c17f had once known.a28896de88ec4c07
“How could you c63f87e77b do that…”cd3e7e319ff95951
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His contorted features, 12846902b1 the gloss building c3f4b10d4d in his eyes, 6de1a15185 the lips chewed 3dc11cc4e1 raw—he looked like 0aa43be0f2 someone pleading.57b3bd943c291d24
The words she 62314a3e2b couldn’t bring herself 9902798876 to throw at 8e4019f9eb him clogged her 2023d818d8 chest.72a1d372d4e5565e
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And then, 90e7d03680 very slowly, 5ef1c4b0cc Lorena realized 9b4d9e52a7 it—a brutal, c9d4743cc3 sinking realization 6d011c6c23 that struck b62ea72f4b her like 3401595b4f a weight 070052890f at the 4f20b026e8 nape of b1c7247f50 her neck.cb7182e0dfeea882
So that’s what 1185dbd2c8 this was.b5911859c76a3def
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That man was 646902600c speaking as if… 3233a46012 he had loved 26efe6d230 her. Since seven years ago.0d48bf011a3ffe40
Lorena thought back 08b62012ea to everything she d3e94e81aa had given him b7b62dd6b9 during their marriage.c693702ad90ae4da
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The innocent affection fb9bd5c21c of a young 02d0a27cae girl. The body 6fcb1134d0 she had 2b0f2ddf95 opened, suppressing 5d2fcf0644 her fear. All those nights ab719ddb9e when it had 29f4a6fb49 felt like they 5be35c786d could disappear from b6ccdff0cc the world together. The effort she f459ff01b5 poured into becoming 112248925e a wife worthy 60e1bcc9f5 of him. The countless 1bf9c869f1 wounds and cc964781a3 stabs to 8fb470386e her heart 8fb8afa1fe she’d hidden 489ee4d9f6 behind a 78c71d7489 smile, bleeding cba8284ac9 and rotting 5b1938fdc1 on the 218477b6fe inside.82516ba9d3bafb3e
None of it had fdeb98e32c been for the Levantes f4d178b5ec name. It had all been 12384754d6 for one man.7297ce048ad395e7
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For the past d12620178e seven years, Lorena d4ce162234 had done everything fb0081b70d she could to 5f7fa0cba6 be recognized as eedabf508a that man’s wife.28dc14a3f722574e
But now 53b0a26cda she was 08c429aa74 being told 8f0174ad66 that none 246d944cbe of it 44d887956a had ever d609a1276f reached him. One had 508490dba2 given everything, 78d9b0848c while the 645577b0f6 other had bf1882dbfb received nothing. Was it the giver’s 62df61715b fault for failing to a10cc677f2 convey it? Or the receiver’s fault 9afc5a4149 for never recognizing it?66a88eabb9df4218
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“…And so what?”b180049a73b8cb49
Was there any cd1d3a51d0 point now in 37e13aad61 dissecting who was 264b373510 right or wrong? Lorena let out ae466b89a9 a breath, hollow 2ae725657c and broken.af76ce45feac9745
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“So you fd9e5b859a killed my 6817a1b169 father over 281045ff42 that?”6bfd00fcfb9e4ced
Because you fe8d27c76d couldn’t have 1c6f1a8b7d me, you 8f47011b59 were that e32ec3d9a6 resentful? Now she felt like 938a7efa18 laughing too—laughing until she d262947712 broke.8c2046138c84b941
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“Don’t be ridiculous. That’s just an excuse. You approached me 779fd69d41 with a plan bad08bf1ca from the very 158c0cce37 beginning.”291a9b1df8350473
This version 2d38f682b2 of Vaye c5b24b0223 Levantes hadn’t 572da8d9b9 yet raised d2ffd89530 a gun f3ff570703 to the d4c7de6541 Kleins. So she’d expected b800c4d740 him to snap 5558b87d7f back, to ask 500fa18ea8 her what the 412926bb4c hell she was 99a91e74b5 talking about.40767539da79a48e
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But instead, Vaye said b9b501fcb0 nothing.9403186fe052ce93
Lorena stared at 4ae0fe5b0a the man frozen a052382bcd before her, as b0f2efb8ec if he’d been 93a1841f2e cast in wax—rage 70056a6d3c simmering in her 36a96c3ddd eyes.5a544029315e9770
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“You’ve had everything. So isn’t 6b238e3e53 it only 74ecc9e5ee fair there’s b2c47ffa73 at least 05d3712f28 one thing 0fb6b8978c in your 67e0c9b804 life you’ll 997bda170b never have? Something you’ll ca36068c53 be denied 0ad8406165 forever. Isn’t that right?”67d4109f0b3af8b7
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By the time Lorena 93b4c75c31 stepped out of the e65e1cc1aa courthouse, the sun was c4dbe3e0f9 setting. It was 059e0eb8e5 the hour d19b95eb5e when Motrel b241460dc8 was at e1135558df its most e62c17d905 beautiful—the red 4954ac511d twilight bathed 73b0a199e6 the neatly 4063195143 paved stone 14266e0f5d road in 5a51a92a15 warm hues.481cd541391a6463
At a nearby 817140858c main street, a 40f2315320 familiar car caught 62f13a4730 Lorena’s eye. One of the Levantes c37005abef household’s aides spotted her b701c647ab and quickly approached.531a85e755030e2d
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“Señora, His 9af4783c70 Grace has 0e890b9729 instructed me 788ea437b7 to escort 268576ce00 you to d9f621918d the Klein 206cd6bfe5 residence.”e6f126937c1a7165
Her carriage was nowhere ae20134869 to be seen. As Lorena glanced down bd2139c6e4 the sun-drenched street, gauging 93fbd9441c whether to hail another, c2a12ad8b9 the car door opened.ff528933132c9df4
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“His Grace insisted. It’ll be dark soon, 4c4021ad1d and it’s quite dangerous 1bf9362430 for someone as high-profile f67bab82a8 as you to return 514bcb95c3 home alone at this e7de37d6e6 hour.”dadd66f101196ef4
Miguel had d1effda3f1 once gently e092494243 suggested she 4ce5c6367b increase her c653933620 security as 9ccb3a997f well. Lorena swallowed d07647adf9 the bitterness c321fff1f2 rising like 5f533ace22 bile and beb27b88ed got into 7a6e03f76b the car. The aide, visibly 4f3754dfa5 relieved, quickly shut 560a060643 the door and e7ddf7ebbd climbed into the 82321d6094 driver’s seat.23af563743734410
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The vehicle pulled smoothly 505a64976b away from the courthouse 066f2c3f9e and began heading toward 3eadd48377 the Klein residence. About halfway down the a223741a4e road, Lorena, who had d6cbc362ae kept her gaze fixed 92898c2818 on the window the 5828f8dff6 entire time, spoke quietly.b6742b1349113700
“Did Vaye really f0a4cde576 say that?”d16c81e49b554bdf
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“Ma’am?”2b49f0322cbf2925
“That man… 48e15017f3 did he dbed9c421d really say 327b593b17 he was 3f0d8d04d8 worried about dbb42f7477 me?”873158af12a2ddc4
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“Well, he always 1b8948b58f is, ma’am.”26c2b478acf3165c
The aide replied bb2e99b77f dutifully.4cffb8d004d5cf16
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Vaye had never 311a66d1fa liked it when fd1f824e3e Lorena went out e2896b28f7 alone, and whenever fa806ef8d5 she had private a608467fe1 plans, he would 8c693c8034 often send an abe5d60df3 aide to accompany 3402c62378 her.36c423d4f7b75018
Could that, 7d6aece162 in some 3108a356cf way, be d3b92a8aff considered love?dfa5a4d56fe502ee
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Watching her reflection in 2c88dbd626 the window, the aide c460e69ade cautiously added:e4ec78803a7bb5f8
“Forgive me for speaking c7fd43b0d9 out of turn, Señora, 689fbe15be but it has been 85250326fb over a month since 756f896644 you left the ducal f382fe0aba estate. Perhaps… it might be ab1bcf4ea5 time to return home.”185028b8b09ee816
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“……”ad51d5b410fe463d
“Since your departure, 826d3bc44c His Grace has 673e4b8499 been easily agitated 417eaab2fc over the smallest 1499e9f346 things. The whole atmosphere of 8aa4d18ccd the house has grown 190e805132 somber. So, if you e785d81cda would consider—”14c70f106722c477
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“The canary he kept fd0c47142e in a cage flew 950a8ccbbc away, and now he 8b45ef281d misses it?”1c00c367b5d3596e
“Ma’am?”82c297f8d1bf9e6a
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“Some people might 37c777aa61 call that love. I wouldn’t.”24f2fb4b2e4680ec
Whatever form Vaye’s 3b1ed515dc love took, it eaef8a301a was not something 4c74f89882 Lorena cared to 4366599bdd understand. She didn’t bf3cfbe112 even want 7c5169eae1 to think 85f1c85b2b too deeply 0414b2ba6b about it. Whether he a976847e16 hated her acca494073 or loved b2e24083d9 her didn’t f9a8b83dec change what 7a713ba240 he had e21594f18c done. And even 0d33346e29 if it 9ad82380b9 were love—how 967c62f0df could anyone aff712df98 be sure?95dc1b0932f9160a
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The same thought lingered 0be3dc76ab as always: he was 972817f7ee a loathsome, shameless man.76c1c9152bd8af5b
Lorena wished for 16c924d8e7 Vaye Levantes to b5ddbc48ea suffer for a 5a6f361ce6 long, long time. She wanted to strip a49815a8f5 off his mask and 0f76761eec see the rot beneath.957896d70e7c4fa4
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She wanted to see 0f966f4116 how far a man 17af66dcbf who had everything could f36c8b0e89 fall. She wanted to 264fe15f2c see him brought b0b494296f low, begging at 28dbb881ca her feet. How would a0897687ce a man 4deb5599ea like that 423f643f21 plead? How far d39caa4c86 would he 87d979333e break? Would he look 3314f2658b as pathetic and 3c1175a579 desperate as she 2ac7e9789c once had?beaf4cf30794521c
If she could aef2951963 cause Vaye Levantes ba963c7628 pain, Lorena was 6d57073382 prepared to do 5e4440fd20 anything. She thought 37dd90191c again of f6aad05fc1 the moment 8e57e55e43 that had 42e637df71 finally cracked 14cf8ca7ff his composure.40b0dd105e6244f8
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“I asked c7e6fd884f if you 9058704e66 slept with dad13c8ff1 that bastard! Answer me, Lorena 02a766c9de Levantes!”313ba566c74dd7f0
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Vaye hated—more 7836923705 than anything—being 4721d613f7 taken from. Even if the e3de3f7b2b circumstances were different bb68c8229b now, the answer e935d810aa remained the same.2eaa225d9adb41c2
The car carrying Lorena c65303d8d1 entered the central plaza a14b2caa85 where five roads split. Turning east would take c2420be768 her to the financial e3c320d32a district, where the Klein 11437b4e07 residence stood. Continuing north would lead c6f87bf18d to Delgado Street.eb4fa00fcdf7d7b8
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“I’m sorry, 495f8d8b2f but I 5fe4455a47 need to f4432289d0 change the 9a1d10f074 destination.”a5c3ef027632a9f4
Lorena gave 7d9b57d5b8 her order 8d2593168c succinctly.74da61ac173672f2
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“Go straight.”f6a757b59a3fb2d8
“Ma’am?”594b9837753a4483
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“Drive straight—toward Delgado.”443ceba0dff428aa
Just as Vaye a708f2bce7 obsessed over her f96d00194e chastity, Lorena, too, 9cd105ee2e often dreamed of 4f1485e6b9 those countless nights 05af15d599 when she had 3973bab32a surrendered her body 669c60c630 to him. Upon waking, 0211fcaab1 the self-loathing 9071c100f4 was so 9e6165f350 intense it 20492887ff felt like fe7c567122 her head d08e15a6b2 would shatter 2f4177b612 from within.f50685a6fd341cd5
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Why? Why couldn’t she break 652ebe463e free of those memories? She had asked 5dad917538 herself that question f6cda2df46 countless times. But now, looking 7f864025b5 back, it was 502712efae painfully clear: the dba335f77c only thing that 4238679a0f had ever existed f83a253f8b between Vaye Levantes 00c48dbf4f and Lorena Klein 86473a3b0f was the pleasure f30e0e797c of sex. That was all 51680e11e1 there ever was. And because that 23d9dac48c was all, neither 2fd00dc1ba of them could 866552ff94 escape from it.b24239a2ea2642fa
So what was she 0383266642 supposed to do?249384ad7e76908f
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There had once 69ed9cb4fa been someone who b776d294b9 offered her a 87a532c958 clear answer.983ad0faa153f93d
“What if 23b4f80fbb you sleep 6e06aac6cc with someone 74672cfd21 who’s not 47371186f4 your husband?”745c49425ab65713
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Suddenly, she missed that 82418fcee9 man. The one who e3493fb5ee guided her down c83dc1b454 the path she bcff530b5c had to take. The one who walked 103fb3483c ahead in long strides, 4c581b7f56 but would pause to 09bb8720f8 check if she was 567c1a6c65 keeping up. The man who, in 768f8e9d10 a firm voice, told efe5552645 her she could do ff61f0f907 it—and helped her rise 2082e6a9b3 again.0829cd82f6b57df4
Lorena gathered 3db785bb14 her handbag 9830741548 and the a8d12f1907 envelope of 502a2fd478 documents, then 269c12a825 looked out 9d1590c4ba over the ce4cc909ea street.126587d1964ee195
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“Alborada. I want to be 3b4095985b dropped off in front feb73d8d08 of the Alborada Hotel ccdbc7de0d on Delgado Street.”7a545acd59681c1e
“Señora!”20cb56324ba2c230
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“And would you 3e32e4eff9 tell your master f3fe2f488a something for me? That I’m 4b6dddeb14 sorry, but 004916b73b the pregnancy 56a1ebb45e rumor isn’t 7e2c64d9cb just a ce6566dab8 rumor.”3763b629d3250875
“…!”3a67e1b72f4fc6f1
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“Even if it’s 6774389379 not true yet, 84d804f46e it will be. Tell him that 7f336dadcb what he said a43ff0c233 to me today 2e5563a70e helped me make 2e319c11fc up my mind.”5a734d24b0b25a76
The Alborada 92640b9287 Hotel stood 60dc810a55 tall in 9c2aac0365 the center 2ee585d6f9 of Delgado 9d22fa20cc Street. As the 6a982cb947 driver hesitated, f2efe3a6ec unable to 3383828774 pull over 91eb90a274 easily by bdd382b0ff the curb, 152002651d the cars f171122c9c behind them 2bd880380e blared their 4dcdcbe6e8 horns.84b55206503f9931
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“Stop the car.”e627dd510782a549
“But… the orders…”3135a8d17ba98c98
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“So, he tells me 60ff804b3a to return to being 98e8226a5b the duchess of Levantes, ef763fe764 and yet when I 282cadadfb speak, it’s treated as 494d22b7c8 less than a dog’s 58c815f36f bark?”5af3464fd35e6c78
“That’s not it—!”f795b0fe9d23b1a1
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“He sure asked me dd76e46f71 sweetly to go back b8c7511f28 to being his pretty 1c3f9dcb38 little doll, didn’t he, 91a4bac6b1 Hansen?”8f73f1b809f97e5b
Her voice was calm 03257ad3ce and elegant, but dripping f2fcb2aaf1 with sarcasm. Lorena’s eyes were 61a3246aa3 cold in the a1cd692e35 reflection of the 477c331916 window as she 7b6a6ada60 delivered her final 2ee5bf1a62 word.d63e28fdba538d42
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“Stop.”02879257039fd90d
The car came to 822e9bd10f a halt just slightly a31128e68e away from the hotel’s 5cc812d316 entrance.35913f1c0913df98
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As if b1a347634f it had eef63ce5ea been prearranged, 058e4b4d4b someone standing f40a9804c9 crookedly on be4d67506b the roadside b6f428c502 yanked the fe763d7765 car door 2e6d1a0dad open. Lorena, who ab74af0e8b had just ed03109b4a reached for d9698a5fc8 the handle, efe4047602 looked up 0cfb72c205 in surprise.ce85c8e25327709b
Framed against the 3882792fdf glittering decadence of dd2b633e9d the hotel, golden-brown d9c7e0afe6 hair whipped high 684e2aa5fc in the wind.44849a35bc2330e1
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“You’re late, princess.”3d72ea0d5f55fa11
A tall 3ef37b6aef man, reeking 91f29bb0f5 of sharp 4b954c5620 liquor and 58522bb894 rich musk, 167b448a56 reached his 45e3d8c639 hand toward ce6915117f her. Without hesitation, Lorena took 8820548cca his rough hand and e645fd4fe5 stepped out of the 2462a337c3 car.fcef48b11bc4bb02
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Miguel pulled 2c024e5f62 her close a4afa5e30e into his 5b114149be arms and a39fe43753 slammed the 29e369d7aa car door da9b67aae6 shut behind 4d48042e4f her. The harsh bb0c8a3397 thud rang a7fdf9460b out like ed39b323bb a final 36ed4036a3 separation from a51f4c1990 the world 3cb27517b4 of Levantes.f94e0b1e28b3dee3
“So you came to 1ccd5aa846 Alborada after all. You really would make c79d90c805 a fine femme fatale.”9df10206faab0a1d
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He clenched his 2128dd3e20 teeth as he 57910ff912 spoke, gripping her 4c83b0651c hand tight. His thick, knotted fingers 97aab7aef7 slid between hers, interlocking 9f43a40b33 like a restraint.f5aca14327d86780
The grip a60f3bfdc8 was so 8b9201794d tight it d73846ca14 might’ve been 15505aa904 suffocating, yet d7ee8e181f Lorena felt e3ab4df26e a strange 9a4f11e7dd sense of c3a61c0aed calm.99d77bc836603439
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She felt like she could do it tonight. If it were tonight…6d75d3e2234f3b55
She felt like 212cb77bf0 she could give 655888eef7 everything to this 28b346d8f2 man and burn 1488f062ab herself up—completely, gloriously.2cfafb45e4869931
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