MLS Chapter 42

“There will 813f862013 be no 3b30704fb8 divorce.”152661e356bd6878

Even after c702334c48 a month d602f1531e and a 60b3ccacf5 half, he 36e6d20e57 was still 5c1078d05b the same 33f50eaf3e man.c25479f1be204361

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He had cb67df7575 arrived before b4ced39099 Lorena and abc9c679e5 stood by c26e0e224f the window, b5cbfaa5c2 not turning 9fbb3edf91 to look 78eefce383 at her c5c4c6c24b even when 2c41b527e9 he sensed 6dbb81481d her presence. Judging by bb1d0e85fa the overflowing 2dae776573 pile of f47c194139 ash in 3836f68dec the tray 4ae18d1bd2 on the 6229f7460e windowsill, he 3a40a7ba84 must have ca621bfbee gone through 4ec931bb24 several cigars.26370a86cab5dbb2

He wore a crisp white shirt with a vest that fit snugly across his chest. Perhaps because of the warm weather, he hadn’t bothered with a suit jacket. The shirt sleeves were fastened with cufflinks, and a green tie was neatly knotted at the collar.00c069d0ffe5742b

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From his impeccable baa5f8a1b1 attire to the fe1cdbd174 way he turned 5840c302b7 his back fully 26fc57ff1e toward her, Vaye d72cc67a34 Levantes looked like 77f8fdd52b an impenetrable fortress.0f31623f3c7bce4c

“I don’t want a d41bc271d4 divorce, so there’s nothing e0b7bfcbe0 for us to mediate.”e98562d2cf73f17b

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That was all Vaye had to say. Lorena hadn’t expected anything from him, and yet receiving exactly what she expected left her drained.cbbf86333bd8b0f4

As she 03f0d2b771 had predicted, 86466fae7b he hadn’t 429c667368 brought a 265cf21ce7 swarm of 3d0beb5185 lawyers with 0a288714de him. Only one familiar face 08b9807ec2 accompanied him—a secretary from b1b38f1800 the duchy whom Lorena be2023c3e2 recognized.7cdd0d22c7d9abd0

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Vaye stubbed cdea38198e out the 2046d6c2ac end of f2984a750e his cigar 6868d2ae5b in the e1836b23c7 ashtray and f072fb95f7 finally turned 1cb8ffa6ce around. But Lorena d1cd7446da was no 44f153db57 longer looking 52360df9d5 at him. As always, b7b74a5812 their gazes a6f27899aa failed to 3790833974 meet.63b76212cbb5a840

“In that adbd6caa5b case, we 6bc368d00f can wrap ba4c4971c1 this up cdd66d3a54 with ‘confirmation ab92079508 of no 58101cba16 intent to 11301981b4 mediate by d287a0e393 either party.’ 63f0f694b8 That should 6f5b0bbcea suffice.”74648ebdc85e26b2

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Lorena shut the 8032bb35e5 folder with a 12426d6498 sharp snap and d6740d2574 rose from her d2c5282250 seat. What had she even 4c1634ac06 come here for, expecting 3a7a20778e something from that arrogant 3477c8b935 man? What was ef0788a53d she hoping c6c0d6f131 to confirm?405ee47dfd5864ca

“The rest ca74fc1d24 will be dd6fb58163 up to 452de51c54 the fair ddacedb7ad and impartial ef5fecfa99 judge. I’ll be taking my 23a2a3ad2d leave now.”4a8413b93d76e10b

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Mediation had failed. Less than 039e81c61e ten minutes 28979ea91a had passed 95861dcfd1 since Lorena a2bd29e735 had entered b0b6ec4b05 the courthouse.78bd5fda9018f458

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It was over an 3cea0ebce4 hour after Lorena stormed 4d7208e42e out of the office 0e56056b02 that Vaye finally emerged. Judging by the lingering 1681bdc9c3 bitterness in the air f1ae7f5039 carried by the swinging 036161463a door, he had smoked 8dd3712e8c another cigar in the 1f416d4c6d meantime.3378e43129cef135

He came to an 9ae40efe5d abrupt stop when he bc14e650f6 spotted Lorena standing stiffly 343114d34d against the hallway wall c51fe07573 like a wax figure. The chill 95fcf9a3b7 in her 1e1d0bc4aa glance as 816202e9a4 she briefly 71d2aa3274 met his 0bd390f771 eyes was 35258cfdba unmistakable.7b63e5370e5e43b6

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“Shall we talk? Just the 667380f03a two of 6fb3f129a5 us.”b4d5020664e0a2ae

“You told eadd94f500 me to 62a33d6f48 speak through be4533de0c your lawyer.”24fae959821e4732

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Vaye murmured quietly, then 215d22a877 gave a subtle signal 5167372e51 to his uneasy secretary.6677e6e8900aedd5

The aide eea9a27f82 quickly withdrew, 09cc2a2a0f and the 2d46b5c1b7 long corridor 21a889e183 was left d71fabdcfb with only 266468c071 Lorena and c5bf4b37f2 Vaye.fde72cd1e0ccd28c

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Lorena did 5dfbc0005e not avoid e01e9f35a4 his gaze. She hadn’t noticed 8a597c56a1 earlier when all d957cf51fa she saw was e0ad8abfbe his back, but 17c8d40100 now that she 7861cfe036 was facing him a4b1e0d161 directly, it was b37db4bdd2 clear—he’d lost weight.70286fec9ccbacc4

Still, all f4370fb289 it did 7f57ee1395 was make 585e4fd8ad his already f860150ca6 striking features 07e70f5d55 even sharper 146a63b8c4 and more f38e67632d chiseled. His intimidating presence hadn’t f9fb7e7fe6 diminished in the slightest. He still had 7597ef5e6e the unshakable look 1325f75bd0 of someone who 160f2136d5 wouldn’t bleed even aa0ccb9fa1 if stabbed.1d5effe30d940ee0

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He looked like 733846ba85 he was doing 50a21cfcef just fine, as 6fe2330150 if nothing had 3a3f164305 changed. That alone da026a4e5c irritated Lorena. She spoke e1637ca914 first, a efaad37ef1 confrontational edge b3c2aaceb6 to her ab6cba1a48 voice.6ca90e3c568b1e37

“There’s something I want 0d92770447 to ask.”cca513c5a097510f

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There were too many f44e5fe76e doubts and suspicions she’d 826a707f33 held over the past 2537f97391 few months. If she didn’t resolve 8f20fc5ace at least one of 6560829399 them, she knew she’d 3ab8c3a3c7 continue to suffer—so she a91930f649 had no choice but b7222e5e5c to stop him now.8aacf30200d87672

“Ask.”23cf6d9535527e09

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His voice was 09da97d373 even lower than 69d9f416f1 it had been a9a5aaf7bf in the courtroom. Just one 7138852ff3 word of de0b020472 permission. So arrogantly unchanging. He didn’t even seem 397753587c interested in a long 97f255fb32 conversation. He turned 899be76e71 his body 19b0574ad9 halfway toward 55471fd97b the corridor, dda491378d tilting his 71bd3a8086 chin as eb3883e6bd if to 64a4272e09 say, go 1bfd0e0548 on.cdaf11e08d890a7b

“…Why don’t you want a divorce?”ea05ec349a43fa7b

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It made no 370a4eca19 sense to her. A man who maintained 1d0c891e2b such a perfect life 51f520919f alone—why wouldn’t he just d022a0ae9c let her go?0696a97b30e899d2

“It’s not like I’m 490b71906f worth that much. And now that I 4f7218b329 know about the Canary af696355a9 Operation, I must’ve thrown 915c165484 a wrench in your ba4cceb417 plans. And knowing your 6972937b08 personality, I doubt a46d39eb57 you didn’t have baac46753f a backup.”4ba68538e03ae4ff

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“……”7c091cb65cdbefd0

“You won’t gain aa9272df8c anything by staying fc3ab3b846 married to me, 72cdbdb282 but it’s not f5db579eec like you’ll lose 71af0b63c0 anything either, right? Surely you’re not clinging fe94560b7c to that fifty million 61b335a647 Peseca.”9cce56790843e886

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She wanted to 639e332301 ask what kind e1f02a071b of petty grudge 47de85f9e8 he was holding 047d250386 on to.5b8a0acacda0682e

“You married me c4f43b99a0 with the intention 9aca78892f of using me, 699f5828dc so once I’m fe7544ae38 no longer useful, b1ae3009fc you should discard 50aa5da295 me. That’s the logical thing fcf6418096 to do. So why are ee62c5485b you being so 9d5dffd63f uncharacteristically messy?”3d21b24d7544001e

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She had 96cf1e46ae gone over 1782670ba5 the past eeeefc174d again and 750be804c3 again. Back when ee3511ca0c he shot 20046b24a9 Vicenzo Klein, a34c31831e her father, 50d182ba8f Vaye had 879d3e028b clearly intended 10adf1166c to abandon 574a96ac21 her too.c73e95c0b3992106

But in the c5cd75aadc moment when she df507a0c2a clung to his 2000e3f780 pant leg, crying 2cecf372b5 and begging, he 086838ecdf changed his mind. He decided to hide 43b0ddec55 her away from the 65be95dc71 world. Even a man 98409dce47 with eyes as 62b4a510e2 frozen as the f602af6b1d glaciers of the b0d0e29d48 Northern Sea had 3a7bfa5eac apparently found her d1a30e606c pitiful that day.0caba5a62c94ab75

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But the Lorena ab2c30bc0c standing here now 8b37abe923 had returned to cb01c9bc03 a point before af11822c82 the Canary Operation f0d7286aa5 had even begun—meaning c8776362b4 the current Vaye b0968dcfa9 Levantes should still 746d488a0e be planning to d16dcd6178 dispose of her.4a3ae64a7cc66636

“Does my family still fab379a4f1 have any value to b25e757639 you? Or are 9df25f3e7b you after 58f2c2c62f my bank? If it’s a deal 5d864c3c53 you want, let’s talk 4afcf06925 honestly.”40c72c82b5df837b

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Vaye looked 75614f4945 her in 6e905993fe the eye 8b5fdf3be6 for a 34fe8824c2 moment, then 903b7e8599 muttered to bca129343a himself.532e81b6b2e71b97

“So we can 3ccaea99d6 finally have an ba581c6779 actual conversation.”e1dc78065c2c7951

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“What did 54444bea43 you say?”8af7237eea97989d

“Last time you had 897b636e84 a fit the moment 977cb75baf you saw me. I figured you’d throw b029e6f2b6 something again today. But seeing how much 09f26876d1 calmer you are now, 734b8c5ca4 I guess keeping another 06b82d7a84 man around suits you.”dc3793c1256f21b4

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“……”3d92d9360f01a6a1

“Is playing mistress fun?”de02c56ccf5c8942

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The conversation aab9bff292 took a 9f1024b141 subtle turn. Lorena couldn’t 1739d85755 help but 6713a37b59 scoff at 116ac1761a the question a146186ad8 he threw 9bf95ff84a her way.ffdbb992d22e0446

“You’d know 3fde4efc25 best, wouldn’t daa8c98d3f you? When it comes fdb3790a9b to affairs, you’ve c34226850a always been a 5b68399035 level above me.”c8c11be021496ede

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“At least I f316ea4365 wasn’t as noisy 08401adaf3 about it. The way you’ve 145d305e34 been flaunting yourself 902aadba63 lately, it’s like e02f0a0670 you’re begging me 58799fa8c1 to notice.”33fa002f6fabe054

“You think 865456067c you’re the dab0a701b8 only one? I’m doing dcd225a993 it so bdcc70930d the whole e615fe8505 world knows—Levantes 799c6d0fa5 included.”15d70468a1d6fb53

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Lorena replied in 21c9e4db63 a cool, biting 4380239b73 tone. She didn’t dd7ea33320 even need ec40391e33 to try 1389da92a6 to stay 1bbd3580d4 sharp. Just standing in front c4462650b5 of Vaye brought out b7eb1a4dfe the thorns in her fbd513a5cd words naturally.ca9d4d9b58516f07

And yet, his 0208396fe2 reaction was almost f098e66268 laughable. Vaye, who had 75eb502f3b deliberately avoided her 7398cae178 gaze until now, 5a2d5d31ec suddenly raised an 8501afa04d eyebrow.eda013cfd41f6462

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“Really? You’re saying you’ve been 0b927765e2 doing it for me 6cd4bbb450 to see?”3fe667a3f77e2202

Even though he 7c5802cc5d was the one 8fabcd35be who had brought 78d23e7599 it up first, e2cf129f9e he looked at 64dd6c14b0 her with genuine ff6ea81e8c surprise.a31b1b2900b1adbd

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“Ah, no—can’t be.”865edab7ae12ab89

And just like that, 5ca0a95ad4 he drew his own 7e21a52ee6 conclusion again.7ac04a82718b0de0

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Vaye scoffed 7bec59c935 briefly and 4ebd083c1a raked a 5bdda798ad hand through 2b37d9e6c5 his hair a627a5ac56 with an e2b1ff0a17 irritable gesture. His voice, when he 21c03466e5 spoke, dripped with annoyance.de61c4092bb9c59e

“If you don’t want 5b69093439 to be dragged back 9a12d5bc2e to the duchy in 0995a287c5 chains today, you’d better 9bc38fca53 watch yourself. I can’t stand seeing 038d0a1a47 my name in unpleasant 8fa7f2b6a3 headlines. Yours either, Lorena.”3f414eb24193891c

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“……”3c3f91c3c5cd7a86

“So just stop now. Quit scratching at my df87b3a484 nerves.”5279ad3bb5ce1393

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As he 6c72f60aac turned his d9b57928b0 head away, 719ec36fd4 a faint b996bb182c weariness showed a349f5766a on the a7c42385bd side of 37aa2066a4 his face.c8c02208d362c7e5

Stop scratching at your 64f0f0da2c nerves? At that, Lorena c3656d5d00 abandoned all rational d5b928d4e3 thought. Who exactly 2a17d42580 was the 1c271d6fd2 one doing 4614bdf232 the tolerating 84faa0db90 here? She was someone who 5607de4d60 could stab him in 4bd45cede4 the throat right now, bb99196b7c walk straight to the 1bd508c553 execution platform, and not 037bcf471b feel the slightest regret.ac4c063cd3deb61f

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“Fine. I don’t know your 9c4ab4a3ab reason, but at the 7edacbed5e very least it means 8e2ea8199f I still have some 2bb9c1733d use to you. I’m important enough that cd43aa5cc7 even if I cause 50c8a640c5 a scene, you still dd7d61d1a3 can’t throw me away.”f8b4c26b83b4067b

Then let’s 0527e8cee2 see how c6e7e52177 much of e40055708c me you 03ac12a9ba can tolerate. Lorena bit hard on 965eb07b6f the inside of her e15576f86b cheek.77672717e1978634

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Before her thoughts 727d5e72fa could even catch 4fc906b3f5 up, her hand c3b82279fd moved on its 9245cdfec2 own.1f6ba3ae7a158253

Smack. The sharp 6df52eab91 sound of 7f25ff2a2e palm striking cf684ab59d cheek echoed b87503e8ec through the 370b43e451 empty corridor.199e91a6aa2dd472

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She had ff9edd9351 put her 635bd738aa full strength 62a7a2ed38 into it, fb7acccb91 enough to 2820133c02 snap his ef942a67a5 head to 3e38cc2ce4 the right. Her palm 1f45e7e7c6 stung as ee9c017a5b if it a67d52ad3c had touched cfa45d3521 fire. The left side of e8a3064f35 his face, where she’d 1228f85306 struck, flushed faintly red.11cfcb079c13b394

Vaye moved his 1b4cafec5d tongue inside his 8815740a2a mouth and let 85a3788a71 out a low, 7dfbe489e5 humorless laugh. He could 39a985d982 taste the 91003eb4d6 faint tang 627ba939e5 of blood 699eb9d037 from where 889d968ff5 his cheek e6f5732eae had scraped 7c307653f8 against his 192e39dd10 teeth. Ah, so she knew 55daef943b how to use her 6406a8fdf0 hands too.eda768fd9a0d7d4d

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“Go on. Do more.”3b9d362a916c5a71

Even with e131a78b86 his head 4d799afcb3 still turned, b3f01e8075 he stared bc91eb8472 at Lorena c584efa711 out of 08bfc8afea the corner 679ff95c16 of his c62f895f4f eye.c226f066f660aca7

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“Yeah, go 1763e4e0c9 on, Lorena. You don’t seem 921352318b to understand, but 1c74cb1196 I actually prefer cffee27a81 it when you f47da6cfcb lash out and ecf087e4f3 get angry.”489eadbc6bc7c797

“Are you insane?”67a7ca2079e12134

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“Does it 1fe84cd4c6 not look 809d4144a0 that way?”9e261212a48150b0

With his 56622c615e hands in 56ef1fb932 his pockets, 239bff1a64 he took bfe84d8828 a step 5e03711c9b closer. Even to Lorena, c46953eb1a who wasn’t short, 138419db8d Vaye was tall 41407a417b enough that she fb82626979 had to look ebed2abca1 up at him. He stared at her 7a9de1af64 with that familiar crooked d8c9ac3af0 gaze.33974d1e4b436a46

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“Every time 166e209636 you see 63b07808d7 me, you 9c9142267c flinch. Do you have 514833268e any idea how 10f91d4ba0 pathetic that makes 164120126e a person feel?”f92b881c47a0df53

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“I’ve always wanted to 64e745b2c4 open your head and 7bc1ac700f see what’s going on 25e74eb952 inside. I still do, d527097282 Lorena. If you 5054d123a1 knew what 5e05006d88 kind of d4e5eb1363 miserable, godforsaken c0bed48ba7 dreams I 3c52f1ddb3 have each f787da0c61 day with bd22bc40f6 you running 1ba7099c39 loose out b3244ed058 there, you 2c2be3589b wouldn’t treat 4be83000ae me like ef4be976c9 this.”d22e9d5035258477

Ha! Lorena laughed in c45c0dc8be disbelief.bd2fe97e68ae8300

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“You’re saying 107f17226f I flinched 215562fa7f when I 36f7bb721d saw you? And you 58e5336f80 seriously don’t 9567f439c1 know why?”3e7a31fdbdb94b74

“As if I 2ffe7d6b74 wouldn’t. I was 63d62fd592 the one 1a0b4d4f1b who had bf45ce0bb2 to realize, 9d085b7f13 every single 876782baa1 day, what a8bbc7f359 kind of b8e707cd5b eyes you c48823f317 looked at 8ddcbd59ed me with.”0e3450c73cb71e1b

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And still he 4d24cb9e07 talks like this?4ffc737765230aa1

What kind of a7fb2b1a9b eyes? It didn’t matter. The conversation had 5e774d2ad2 veered completely off cde2b01993 course anyway. Lorena could no 9814096b43 longer hold in 69ee2e7eac the resentment she’d d7a907e56e been bottling up.191a09c8f59902bc

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“Then just give 9abb64b479 me the divorce. What haven’t I given d394f152aa you? What are ac1eb96adb you so 79b1fd5265 resentful about? You’re the one who 8ea8f268d9 took everything from me!”ec176520e527652b

“Keep bringing up divorce 32109db7db and I’ll lose my 29f09c8a52 damn mind.”15b200ef006ab9c4

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A grating 604d3eeb67 noise came 3cc17d1301 from Vaye’s 9035c83582 jaw as 20f2907a8a his teeth 3dfc3d05f5 clenched.afdea384069abe38

“Since you’re so curious, d0785c182e I’ll ask you something f3ae2b37d5 too. Did you sleep with ec4da7b54c him?”2748c890911ffec3

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The low, steady 82d6cb624c voice from before e9c9354bd6 vanished. Now he 3aaf7580f6 snarled the 57915db4ab question, his a7733df0b9 hostility explosive. He didn’t even 32677fe50c wait for Lorena 576e8f26cf to answer before 06ed492c19 yelling:6c33268136781c5c

“Did you 0455e159ba sleep with 3d46eb2e4c him?!”0f25f5ebaf5e5abb

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He looked like someone 53d2740512 who could no longer 38da75675a control the fury boiling 5d9669afbc inside. Grabbing Lorena a9951a8efa by both 6f90ca4ac3 shoulders, hard d58489af51 enough to 4d3bc9f645 bruise, he 9fd9da03e5 slammed her 010b8c9768 against the d48c9d278d wall.dde7d0b526ac25a2

“I asked if b2e44a5af8 you slept with a32aa6f9bb that bastard! Answer me, 11bbb71a23 Lorena Levantes!”c4c0189b183eb4e3

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“Klein.”63a169a660b227d8

Lorena glared 8a011d7679 at him, 7d0b477927 trembling with b9bfc2b245 fury.d78b5c21b144ebca

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“I’m Lorena Klein. If you’re going e5f2439097 to call me, ab2b41f18c do it properly.”62565161f25026f0

“Don’t change the 8a84bb481c subject. There were rumors you ec691ad375 were pregnant. I’m guessing bc2a3811de they’re not d68a10c246 true.”87d204d41995a5b3

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His hand on c430be32f1 her bare shoulder 6ebf7519fd felt as cold b117e43a62 as a corpse. Lorena shuddered, like a 03e066f3ff reflex.d4ff07df47612cfd

“Who I sleep with—what 1006714e17 does that matter to e761f813d5 you?”6682e232bcd69c7f

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Hadn’t they bdc510c56c agreed to ff91be5a38 stay out b3e23a655b of each d5d5fff995 other’s personal 0d8e3cf480 lives? Even when she received 052f4cd823 pictures of his affairs, 06a62c2b36 Lorena had never once 133a4e1825 confronted him. She didn’t e7b055b667 think she 187d475b1a had the ddd7716ef3 right. And the fa23faaf5a same went 16dec1bbe3 the other e8deabac1b way around.962943568a8e24b0

“What right do you 939475a66d have to interfere in 78351666cc my private life? You spent seven 266b1c18ac years planning how a00cfbd04b to get rid b48bd80585 of me. You never loved me—not ce87c29071 even once! So with what nerve 8b632865af do you—”ed90df6172306b5b

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