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Chapter 38

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Orana’s point of view

“What?” he asked, his eyebrow raised.

I repeat, as if he didn’t hear me the first time, “Is there something you’re keeping from me?”

The thing is, I didn’t want to ask that. Not really. Because once I asked, I couldn’t pretend anymore. And I couldn’t risk my daughter. Not if there was even a chance Callahan was right.

Vaughn walked towards me, each step measured, until there was no space left between us. My back hit the edge of the desk before I even realized I had stepped
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Katherine Jones
Will have to wait to see what he means by that *Wink*
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Derena Marie
what is he mean he's never had another woman he almost choked one out he used to be with
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