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Chapter 200

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[GRAYSON CROSS MANSION - MASTER BEDROOM, MORNING]

Shayla woke up the way she had been waking up lately, gradually, consciousness arriving in pieces rather than all at once, her body taking its time about deciding to be awake. She lay still for a moment with her eyes closed and felt the quality of the morning through the curtains, the particular warmth of sunlight that had been building since early and was now pressing against the fabric with some insistence.

She stretched carefully, working aro
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    Ruby stared at the woman in the doorway, taking in every detail of her appearance. She was beautiful. Effortlessly so. The kind of natural beauty that did not need makeup or styling to shine. Her dark hair fell in soft waves around her face, and her skin had that dewy glow that suggested she had ju

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    A piece of paper fell from between the flowers, floating down to land on her desk.Shayla picked it up with trembling hands.Three words in Grayson's bold handwriting.“I'm sorry, Ayla.”She stared at those words, at the flowers, at the man still kneeling in his office watching her through the glas

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