Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (31 page)

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pro
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ook
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s
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t
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h
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m
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G
od
Gaw
d
!
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sudd
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for
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la
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for
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born.
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,
h
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gr
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h
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r
w
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d
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h
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ve
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d
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d
for
a S
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for
t
he
g
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lt
hough,
h
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s
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d
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f
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re
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l
t
h
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se
y
e
a
rs.

An
ac
he
w
it
h
i
n
h
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m
gr
e
w
a
nd
w
it
h
i
t
t
he
urge
t
o
h
a
ve
h
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r.
S
catte
r
e
d
t
hough
t
s r
a
m
b
le
d
t
hrough
h
i
s
m
i
nd.
W
h
a
t
h
a
rm
w
ou
l
d
c
o
m
e
i
f
he
s
e
du
ce
d
h
e
r
?
He
c
ou
l
d
s
e
t
h
e
r up
i
n
L
ondon.
Ta
ke
from
h
i
s
gr
a
ndf
at
h
e
r
a
n
y
wor
r
y
a
bout
h
e
r
w
el
f
a
r
e
.
He
w
ou
l
d
pro
tec
t h
e
r.

Good
l
ord!
He
r
e
pr
i
m
a
n
d
e
d
h
i
m
s
e
l
f.
W
h
a
t
h
a
d
gr
a
bb
e
d
ho
l
d
of
h
i
m
!
D
e
s
i
r
e
.
P
ass
i
on.
Lus
t
.
He
a
nsw
e
r
e
d
h
i
m
s
e
l
f.