MLS Chapter 43
by Solavita“Love?”b089ef2ce8504287
Vaye burst out laughing—as c58a7b2635 if he’d just heard f4c77af4ed the most absurd thing d8209508e3 in the world. Once it started, 9c8411b412 the laughter didn’t 2d9aa118fd stop quickly.f3fd1194414e93db
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“Love? And what 54fb04f08d about you?”3cdf13bac27ffd52
“……”1269d2cb8983baeb
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“Did you ever love 1c5ff51223 me?”29a93bdd5b67b1fe
He asked 5f037d9615 as though 7b52dfb424 he genuinely 5f06d388fa didn’t understand, e180ff3ef1 his voice be35707d97 thick with 0bd5ae0881 baffled curiosity.05236a7539059dd0
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“What did 6043e5da36 you ever f432566278 give me?”26f8836f5f023387
“……”7af378440525c0e8
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“Did you ever f468a62519 express anything to 30ccb31422 me? Did you ever 5119a52238 give me anything 77e46a74b3 at all? Ah, right—just one thing. One day a month.”63b657f0059f3b32
Lorena’s complexion turned e271279cde pale.cf8236b3dbeb4408
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“One day a 2d1198711b month” referred to 21057f3eb4 the night their 6ed1196ba5 attending physician designated ece42f8a9c based on her 191f98ca54 menstrual cycle—the only 903054e038 day of the 21d944da08 month they were 509faf7e72 to fulfill their 917e47d9c8 marital duty.3f464433caabe054
It was impossible not 4cb4ad7032 to recall those nights 720126ecf8 that slipped by in 830758a979 a haze. Those dreadful nights that 49d6d225dc had visited her dreams 2a53a8e8a3 more times than she 9b9a41e5de could count. No matter how 8bf1d839a6 hard she tried 5cc01c80b6 not to lose 553fa63d2a herself, in the 33d0174ad0 end, she had 6ddc5e1352 always been shamefully 571f48be89 conquered by pleasure. Lorena instinctively knew 806d24780a that the man a980513751 standing before her 20229c1b93 was thinking of 6cd16fa295 those exact moments 1a1c204b79 now.f7bbc529a6b7218a
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Vaye clenched 701d744c63 his jaw a89196cfae hard. Bloodshot lines crawled 59c71be547 through the purple 99a95e8eaa of his irises ab04bb07aa as he glared fd9ab483d1 at her.18d919c2e75bacb9
“That was the 40882bbd5d only thing you 6126b4f1a5 ever gave me. Did you know that?”55641e5fd29181b2
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“……”6d3b4f988d1d626e
“The only 3dea4ba629 thing you b2ef8388b1 allowed me 291e5208d5 in seven 20210147cc years. So how f22d9ed454 the hell fdc5748b86 could you 367b402333 give that bddaa3e17e to another db14f58c41 man, huh?”7d296f6ea6abfa50
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A wave of dizziness 3fe687d817 crashed over her. The man 10c0a8623d shaking her 76e090a080 by the 1a2a608b3b shoulders bore a7091d7531 no trace 774e2efed8 of the 2a8d5fa444 cold, composed 72bab1c4a9 husband she a8fb7982fa had once 32f3e5cb2e known.684590ebb65a0f0f
“How could you 0ca7c545d6 do that…”093d26fcb8fef3e5
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His contorted f5ded75a77 features, the 61be0707de gloss building 75c93b8e11 in his 69192d70da eyes, the 53f4c12dd2 lips chewed 3ce444b9d4 raw—he looked fe7c9ba2fb like someone 771ce8c555 pleading.5d6a078c1a0439dd
The words e431bf15f6 she couldn’t 4faa53b377 bring herself 907de1263f to throw 0e09709203 at him 546d7689bc clogged her 55cb138e95 chest.2a1c041c2785cbfe
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And then, very slowly, 75abffc4f6 Lorena realized it—a brutal, 3208412b29 sinking realization that struck 43b02aefe7 her like a weight b0fe50fb94 at the nape of f2f376a7b3 her neck.7b68878ca0b22dda
So that’s 00f0f5fc7e what this 77e1b75347 was.c1fc3fa90d6e97e8
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That man 0ee01a2d2a was speaking 5518316406 as if… ecd670d70e he had 1beacc0428 loved her. Since seven years fa502549a5 ago.65a4a7067b6e2200
Lorena thought 8d8ed16b57 back to 39ba1e406e everything she 0617f625b9 had given 4a53768715 him during 68fbebdd44 their marriage.ed343cf58d124e2c
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The innocent dc87548e4a affection of 497fb2b95b a young 012b5c467e girl. The body she 97ff30c8da had opened, suppressing e984cfb031 her fear. All those 97fcecf77a nights when c2662dba2b it had bb0c54e016 felt like 4f4685802f they could 68f4f972f2 disappear from cfbaefc230 the world 12ede66fa9 together. The effort she poured 8bf1ecace3 into becoming a wife 8073780235 worthy of him. The countless 49c9905bda wounds and c1d5863fee stabs to 043b815032 her heart 49e7d3bd74 she’d hidden 63b0730bb0 behind a d8941a7957 smile, bleeding d193d98f0f and rotting 181a9255f4 on the 681d330caa inside.5b006efa19905c05
None of it bad45406e1 had been for 3299d7b3c9 the Levantes name. It had 0b06e8332a all been e6f8e7ab70 for one b2dee7d5e0 man.b19d827f3b62a51c
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For the d6a2d7b213 past seven ff3a1adb19 years, Lorena 6c39d9ec41 had done e474208acf everything she e2920f9ec6 could to a12cf6d8bf be recognized 12ac42e87c as that 3cb1940175 man’s wife.a539f01fd2d438c6
But now c362bfe0d0 she was 418cfbf9e7 being told b2c2ed9390 that none b562aac638 of it cfd5539963 had ever 9b06f0b58b reached him. One had 472b780910 given everything, 0390bd3e5c while the ac8a97b475 other had ad36de5aa3 received nothing. Was it fbded440ce the giver’s eafc4a6938 fault for 24edea342d failing to dbcba774c2 convey it? Or the receiver’s 50f541972c fault for never a222c46189 recognizing it?e92cb10e690ce2e2
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“…And so what?”720b35ddee5b0887
Was there b5249253a9 any point 744e442cac now in 8e9f09725b dissecting who ea6ee4394b was right 921f2ff6ca or wrong? Lorena let ca49cb5eb6 out a fd243f568a breath, hollow ee873f7c60 and broken.77d8b1fa95bf6ad0
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“So you 11d1fba541 killed my b88d57b2d7 father over 16dddd2c4d that?”6bb792ca6e85c6ce
Because you f609effb1c couldn’t have 08a5e53860 me, you 54f1dac2a5 were that 3f49b0e7b9 resentful? Now she c180f97778 felt like 17a5f4d058 laughing too—laughing 119a2b33f7 until she 42d323e98c broke.993b1f25a5e143b2
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“Don’t be ridiculous. That’s just an excuse. You approached 6d85bed2e6 me with bd04c833dc a plan 44f70a3b9a from the cdd6ed8d11 very beginning.”774291febda4c010
This version of Vaye 98bb5c4353 Levantes hadn’t yet raised a78e6bd556 a gun to the 8080b5a91d Kleins. So she’d expected him a4fef83ae7 to snap back, to f17a5f37c7 ask her what the 4418ed2a35 hell she was talking 78d9935edc about.ee789daf30b0a10f
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But instead, Vaye 5d2748d5ff said nothing.ff5e602471320179
Lorena stared 4a46ba40ab at the 10c696f19c man frozen 45a8903ab8 before her, c5340d9638 as if eedd01b0b2 he’d been 9fc048343a cast in 589ad0ea49 wax—rage simmering 0fe4a215d5 in her 0ddee98e65 eyes.66cf3bae225b9024
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“You’ve had everything. So isn’t it efa7d292df only fair there’s 402f0d0feb at least one ab1ee54fec thing in your 80a47f53c5 life you’ll never 0308ec1ce5 have? Something you’ll d64a2724e0 be denied ab03bd5b38 forever. Isn’t that right?”280f3ec66c51025e
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By the 4bfa775b1e time Lorena ccd8e09e60 stepped out 8012f4b924 of the 49739e2408 courthouse, the 2033d99ccb sun was eb39ecac55 setting. It was the hour e48e82ae9d when Motrel was at 3c9d00579e its most beautiful—the red 6fcfd42feb twilight bathed the neatly 26191fecc0 paved stone road in 322a3bbc72 warm hues.e3a4cb977f08b8d0
At a nearby 9f97d2e4c8 main street, a 9b8bfe2661 familiar car caught 9344ad7496 Lorena’s eye. One of the Levantes dee0d16786 household’s aides spotted her c95d0a67eb and quickly approached.566078b43a589cb2
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“Señora, His Grace has d9fc7ce129 instructed me to escort d102c6ce6a you to the Klein 33edb4557d residence.”cd1e2e7898e8f35e
Her carriage was a0a8d7f96f nowhere to be a21756e32a seen. As Lorena glanced down 5c43091f8d the sun-drenched street, gauging 16ae1d4b5b whether to hail another, ec03f9cbc0 the car door opened.9e16333cb0a2de03
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“His Grace insisted. It’ll be dark 125cc43483 soon, and it’s bd62afd1df quite dangerous for 6e190cf887 someone as high-profile 8cec4e9540 as you to 822b7d4ff8 return home alone 83b9678c7c at this hour.”7fd2d333ed544a06
Miguel had 600c6c8912 once gently 8ecba97696 suggested she bd04220631 increase her 92a3fdd9da security as 3af97de703 well. Lorena swallowed the bitterness d3d42832ff rising like bile and 98c5ce1060 got into the car. The aide, visibly relieved, dd82021ddc quickly shut the door 0463e83682 and climbed into the 557b788a30 driver’s seat.c3ddcd8e91716fdc
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The vehicle pulled smoothly bd1d658abe away from the courthouse 3b7f275d8c and began heading toward 84093c84d2 the Klein residence. About halfway down the 4787fc2a0c road, Lorena, who had 011a5b659f kept her gaze fixed 12ccc11d9b on the window the c29eebc902 entire time, spoke quietly.f66911e7ef0216ce
“Did Vaye really say f0135f4a37 that?”d17455b9707eb38f
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“Ma’am?”b23429910c13fdea
“That man… did 429eb96a0c he really say 9bdc2171e6 he was worried 139c98659e about me?”88a45e9dd0732973
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“Well, he always is, 6583367c49 ma’am.”dcc1e7ed7cab0a12
The aide 269cbf92de replied dutifully.55f5c5869332ff69
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Vaye had fc8a520605 never liked 9059204cf0 it when 88b86f1459 Lorena went a618284e5b out alone, 1c2f851066 and whenever 7d48fa5482 she had 6bd972c38a private plans, 6b41af8a9c he would 8ab93584bb often send 53f8c69d35 an aide 40779de13b to accompany 16dcd6c4bd her.82bc1de2617bfa86
Could that, in 8037f78952 some way, be c90e89148c considered love?df4eb250337b31a3
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Watching her reflection 6bb47b8b1f in the window, 7177fef407 the aide cautiously 7183205f3f added:e0e53f3277a30ef7
“Forgive me for speaking ec6014a84e out of turn, Señora, 64993c576b but it has been a4988d5b3c over a month since ec93801b1f you left the ducal 9dd0c2f2db estate. Perhaps… it might be e66be8f99b time to return home.”d2fef6b4547662f8
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“……”18c920bb251d0cbb
“Since your 42f50aaedf departure, His d4d1ad98c9 Grace has f511c9283a been easily c227bea481 agitated over e58a77259e the smallest 31ef344ac0 things. The whole 07e66aea96 atmosphere of 7bd7e86f2d the house 80edf358e5 has grown ec86647bef somber. So, if you would 5e763ad88f consider—”7f661e997db74238
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“The canary he 0ed46427d1 kept in a ca981fdb6b cage flew away, 09da58ace8 and now he 6c3bce89bb misses it?”e5f6c0001ce8259b
“Ma’am?”2fa7b8f1ece142e5
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“Some people 1b8339d9e6 might call 9e17d1db74 that love. I wouldn’t.”31db24d264740292
Whatever form Vaye’s love 99ae3d1ee5 took, it was not 48fb9562c7 something Lorena cared to e533d5709d understand. She didn’t 7756b69f18 even want 51ceef3dca to think a28e2773a0 too deeply c2bccc9bf8 about it. Whether he hated f04dea9d33 her or loved 148d526bfe her didn’t change 2e36e1fe10 what he had 2401df8f68 done. And even 572eb1bb21 if it c4e6f9eabc were love—how e150058a99 could anyone 86bce342b5 be sure?44a2417ce1319bd3
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The same thought 1a6e2690ac lingered as always: 35aeda2bdc he was a e8b1a03d23 loathsome, shameless man.0bb7b1632458bc4f
Lorena wished for 721b0a1aec Vaye Levantes to d8de709953 suffer for a c567fe2b8d long, long time. She wanted edea6da4dc to strip 70a17a7a24 off his f0814b8fad mask and 3f54c9602d see the ab46ce81ff rot beneath.ca904df5f1dada66
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She wanted c033e2d18b to see 92be9aba73 how far 9f50d5b3c5 a man 6963914f38 who had 3231a4ada5 everything could ac5fceba97 fall. She wanted 530435307d to see f677419d0b him brought dc224e3902 low, begging 8ca3fe5737 at her 179f8af2c9 feet. How would a man dcea8f1e34 like that plead? How far would 42f56dc714 he break? Would he look as 6ca35fcf1a pathetic and desperate as de87a43ae3 she once had?2fae3df5cf2955e2
If she 49c61252e6 could cause 70799f5f18 Vaye Levantes 3d42d3d472 pain, Lorena 1c83c3d437 was prepared 858f36ee9b to do 182aecfc5e anything. She thought again ec6c068c90 of the moment 6c9d7380d3 that had finally 76ca4cb37d cracked his composure.3832ddccfdcbd945
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“I asked 93a0f9b449 if you fe96c29102 slept with 6db96739b1 that bastard! Answer me, Lorena e2cdf0ba5c Levantes!”45aabd6358d1382f
Ah.3d5697e752df34f2
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Vaye hated—more than 5d1fa7b3e5 anything—being taken from. Even if the circumstances b8564baa5d were different now, the 0727665457 answer remained the same.0f285ba7f3eac211
The car carrying 6fe6223394 Lorena entered the 3c387098f1 central plaza where 5da1a146e8 five roads split. Turning east would take e603be290f her to the financial be7f306192 district, where the Klein 0f9e818363 residence stood. Continuing north f47f146b00 would lead b633999c9d to Delgado bb899f062b Street.b3510417daf906cf
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“I’m sorry, ab43df5006 but I 117c5a513b need to 3988acf9e4 change the e5ff145dae destination.”a8ccd302bb3a9181
Lorena gave her 84ba85e7b0 order succinctly.81127ca4141aa10c
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“Go straight.”fdbde7372ff65707
“Ma’am?”584d4c0331f40e26
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“Drive straight—toward Delgado.”067145a21731774a
Just as Vaye 7e26a29b24 obsessed over her f86ea2fbfe chastity, Lorena, too, f44dce38b6 often dreamed of cbbde4a39d those countless nights 429c9d5545 when she had 89a685f615 surrendered her body 6d23915f8e to him. Upon waking, bf406b0e2e the self-loathing 8d4264ea6a was so c1d4729ffb intense it 53ccae4a2f felt like 3a5b5917e0 her head aa6708b9ae would shatter 85175fa6e4 from within.050c3d7e792f15ba
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Why? Why couldn’t she break 64f3ad966c free of those memories? She had asked 3d9b6994f4 herself that question b0a6c9b723 countless times. But now, 60710f6e1a looking back, 3bfee60777 it was 51254a31e6 painfully clear: f3db906406 the only e55d707dfc thing that 951c240eeb had ever 939ca6a1b9 existed between 96cf9bf7c2 Vaye Levantes a4a27354ec and Lorena 84e8ebb40e Klein was 1cacdff798 the pleasure 6c9f04b0f4 of sex. That was all 89a0a679eb there ever was. And because that was 075bcade38 all, neither of them 6e10daaf2f could escape from it.e48b0577418c7657
So what was she bc78f5e9ad supposed to do?529bcdcd0bf8b685
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There had once bb29f8aa53 been someone who e44b8a3ed8 offered her a 5d3f23f10e clear answer.9b9849ce3e3ca9a8
“What if you sleep 9935a20ded with someone who’s not 722ed4a65f your husband?”f3ae91afd50bc93c
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Suddenly, she 2ad7ba087b missed that 4f8dceaf89 man. The one 3a36d96050 who guided 350f3102d4 her down a7ff8a0ffa the path 5727d57523 she had 1e9d0ea778 to take. The one who eac54619b3 walked ahead in 35e1f6c504 long strides, but 12276e260a would pause to c3622ad372 check if she cb576dc104 was keeping up. The man who, 373fbf7f5a in a firm 4519084cad voice, told her f4fc9fa8e9 she could do 906a92cd00 it—and helped her 3df55d0169 rise again.27ca44999cf41720
Lorena gathered 58a5890445 her handbag de4af1a2e7 and the 891a7c3114 envelope of eddfa2cc56 documents, then ea4a74bc2f looked out 4dbf80f64a over the e0ce61a987 street.3ab6c4c4c5fb70a6
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“Alborada. I want to be fd96a6cbf9 dropped off in front 8c00abe940 of the Alborada Hotel ddafa33bc3 on Delgado Street.”add950ad4d18678f
“Señora!”1c7eef4b7e117e24
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“And would 18d8fffba6 you tell 1ce10a9d38 your master de1b5caae6 something for b884b70029 me? That I’m fe499ab11f sorry, but 0f16281165 the pregnancy 6ac9654d30 rumor isn’t 9b0bd4c610 just a b4cea04f52 rumor.”e032b8d50ea5b2e4
“…!”0d198e0a3288cdb1
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“Even if dbd3ad361e it’s not 1af5086237 true yet, 3350b6fb1c it will 42db53c9e0 be. Tell him 58263c90f3 that what d0d326a25b he said 79d73d81b2 to me ef68e101f4 today helped f8cbeea114 me make 01c9d4c614 up my 586b253a4f mind.”95f9c8909e4939b1
The Alborada Hotel stood 79ddd28d96 tall in the center 894a4afbb8 of Delgado Street. As the driver 0fdec60ba6 hesitated, unable to c168e90ae7 pull over easily 974a68baf9 by the curb, ab182b28df the cars behind 1bf73b99ac them blared their 8ea6f965b1 horns.7f12525fe792e4c9
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“Stop the car.”4bc8cf02db7a24b7
“But… the orders…”31360fb9ecb69b2b
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“So, he tells 47112e8169 me to return c08a8f6b3c to being the ae1cd80926 duchess of Levantes, 35f25d5e44 and yet when 6184fc4a6c I speak, it’s abc50f5dde treated as less 2b73f36d55 than a dog’s 6159504924 bark?”ba21b8a319f818d8
“That’s not it—!”cdd1300fa7bb38d6
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“He sure c4b3a40480 asked me d73a39371f sweetly to f388f9b260 go back 081db733f5 to being d2f43c5f5b his pretty 35b4fa8d3a little doll, 2c49172981 didn’t he, a524fb869f Hansen?”243e63a0700c6709
Her voice was eabed0954f calm and elegant, b2367ade6a but dripping with 2b2b4943df sarcasm. Lorena’s eyes 5ad88f3dc2 were cold 065930b0a7 in the b378cda9b1 reflection of cc973a927c the window 08f7356a19 as she 5e69cf4525 delivered her 11752da40a final word.a781547c593b81fa
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“Stop.”92d8161792c56b57
The car fb8323d4e4 came to 3551c20d0d a halt c2f36d586f just slightly 66900f25c4 away from d8fc5b021b the hotel’s 087897f56e entrance.b75efed66a8f066b
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As if 37dc0979cd it had ceb9095849 been prearranged, 433f718a75 someone standing 0ff05455d9 crookedly on ed7d2eaf51 the roadside 197e358319 yanked the 15e0cb0956 car door 21d459b00d open. Lorena, who eb221a1564 had just 24575e84a6 reached for 7dc24b747a the handle, 15b2efadab looked up 31fc900e61 in surprise.a82eb09f7c5d3fc1
Framed against the 5cb2935fbb glittering decadence of 5511016915 the hotel, golden-brown e93259bfeb hair whipped high 5333e26f49 in the wind.9190f355a2ee4103
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“You’re late, princess.”aeb1a0b3b62d3f3f
A tall man, reeking 4513669733 of sharp liquor and 782f5a5a67 rich musk, reached his 76d3fbeca3 hand toward her. Without hesitation, Lorena took 8799f4247a his rough hand and a837faab17 stepped out of the 71c391d135 car.9373e1e3f25e4a7b
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Miguel pulled 1ff9017653 her close 1755b0952f into his fb1e2f2853 arms and 5338488d79 slammed the 444cc73617 car door af5e99f263 shut behind 5725a3b858 her. The harsh thud rang 11ada96d7e out like a final 401b8c232b separation from the world e7af8839be of Levantes.4af5d272f4776868
“So you came to cb86c1bc67 Alborada after all. You really would make 642162dd13 a fine femme fatale.”784d209be2dd3428
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He clenched his d96cdf736a teeth as he 5eefcae18c spoke, gripping her 4375f64896 hand tight. His thick, db7ab23eea knotted fingers 232ae36322 slid between 604f29c15c hers, interlocking 4fcdf3e6da like a 564b0f3e68 restraint.a1a8b1c96bc202e9
The grip 669e1aef0e was so b14bff56e3 tight it d3844374ef might’ve been 404089bf9d suffocating, yet 8d9b966104 Lorena felt fbacd4a06b a strange c725799fe7 sense of d8fb854a2f calm.77f10b3e65266200
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She felt like she could do it tonight. If it were tonight…7976cd3a3cefef6f
She felt like 8a84700f72 she could give 1eeee52415 everything to this e33c6df234 man and burn 23e2830f63 herself up—completely, gloriously.ce337ef4c0b8809e
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