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LAURA'S PAST IN PARIS Laura Paris, THE PAST

The bass pulsed through the club vibrating beneath my heels as I leaned against the bar, fingers wrapped around the cool stem of my champagne flute. The night was electric-golden light flickered across the dance floor, bodies glittering movement, and Paris, in all her

reckless beauty,

in a sea of thrummed around us.

Jess was in the center of it all, dancing like she was made of fire and silk, her blond hair cascading down her back as she laughed, throwing an arm around a stranger who spun her effortlessly. She'd been staying with me for a while now, running from Luke the same way he was running from her. She wouldn't say it out loud, but I knew. It was in the way she avoided his calls, the way she let her smile linger just a second too long when another man paid her attention. But we both knew the truth-Jess loved Luke. She always had.

I tugged down the hem of my gold sequin mini dress and turned back to the bartender, holding up my empty flute. "Another, s'il vous plaît."

As I waited, I let my eyes wander, soaking in the Parisian night- until they snagged on something that made my stomach twist.

Someone.

Tall. Broad. Familiar in a way that sent a slow, creeping awareness through me.

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My breath caught in my throat.

Luke.

He was here.

And he wasn't alone.

to process the sight of him before my gaze shifted,

Josh.

My pulse stuttered.

seen him in

inside me

slightly longer than I remembered, his jaw covered in a rough shadow of stubble. He was watching me. No-watching us. His sharp blue eyes traced over the dance floor, finding Jess before flicking back to

I swallowed hard.

down, but I barely noticed as I turned toward

barely

breathless, glowing, eyes bright with adrenaline and

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She followed my gaze, and the moment she saw

few feet away now, expression

stared at each other. The air between them tightened, a palpable tension thickening

her hand, giving

"Are

nodded. "I'll be

"Go."

he said, but whatever it was made her blink rapidly, her throat bobbing as she swallowed. Then, without another word, they moved off

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