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Chapter 7

Penulis: Upside-Down Mouse
I grinned, "Aren't you curious about me and the Quinn brothers?"

Ryan smirked, "Those guys couldn't see what's in front of them, and I have faith in you."

He was a smooth talker, but I was aware of his cunning nature.

I was sure that he had investigated the Quinn brothers' backgrounds and had been watching them. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known our fallout and flown to Arvandor right away.

A wild thought hit me. "That night I was drunk... was it you..."

Ryan leaned in, sealing my lips with his. His charm deprived me of my thinking.

Things got a little steamy after that.

...

At the Quinn Mansion, the brothers were down in the dumps.

Roger smoked, brooding. "We screwed up. Just because Lauren looks a bit like Angie, we treated her like a stand-in. Now Angie is mad and marrying someone else."

Gerard shook his head and sighed, "Why doesn't Angie get it? We treated Lauren well because she reminded us of her. We didn't want her to suffer."

They started rethinking everything the
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