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Hailee gritted her teeth and pretended to concentrate on holding the red plastic bucket upright for the little girl to pat loose.
What did it mean? Was this the beginning of the end? Was she about to be banished back to London again? As she'd requested, Hailee reminded herself severely.
“Hailee,” he said quietly, “I need to talk to you.”
At the sound of those words, she began to break up inside, bits of her flaking and crumbling away like some of the badly constructed sandcastles in front of her.
“Of course, Alessandro.”
She sat back on her heels and managed to send him a fleeting smile, her eyes not quite clashing with his. It didn't matter because he wasn't looking at her either. He was gl
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