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Chapter forty-seven

Donalds

The moment I stepped out of the boardroom, the tension bled out of my shoulders like water through a cracked dam.

Finally,

Two weeks away from the hospital, and the very first thing waiting for me was an argument about Seth Hernandez. Of course it was. The man couldn't even manage to stay away for the agreed period, couldn't manage two measly weeks without inserting himself back into my hospital, my business, my life.

I shook my head as I made my way down the corrido
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