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#9: Someplace

Author: Aria Steele
last update publish date: 2026-09-04 21:40:37

~Emma~

As I plaster on a false smile for Mr. Davidson and schedule his two-week follow-up so he can maintain his precise banker’s cut, I sense Rayleigh hovering nearby. The woman has swept and cleaned every surface in the salon, despite the fact a crew comes in overnight to do that, and her last customer has left hours ago. I can guess why.

My boss wants the scoop.

Exhaustion tugs at me. As my pregnancy progresses, heartburn is beginning to replace nausea. It especially gives me fits at nigh
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