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Chapter fourteen: The mask crumbles

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Carter’s POV

Maya… I couldn’t stop thinking about my brief encounter with her.

God, she was so completely different from what I remembered, and in every good way possible.

Gone was the mousy, eager-to-please woman I had once convinced myself I didn't love and taken for granted.

In her place was an extremely impressive, no-nonsense boss.

But I didn't like the way she had looked at me.

It was clear that whatever respect she used to have for me was long gone.

For hours after she and Lucas left, an
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