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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.

of him before my gaze shifted, moving past his imposing frame

Josh.

My pulse stuttered.

hadn't seen him in

me

shadow of stubble. He

I swallowed hard.

but I barely noticed as I turned toward Jess, weaving through the press of bodies until I

My voice barely cut

glowing, eyes bright with adrenaline

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gaze, and the moment she saw him,

a few feet away now, expression

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

her hand, giving

hesitated. "Are you

nodded. "I'll

"Go."

space between her and Luke. I didn't hear what he said, but whatever it was made her blink rapidly, her throat bobbing as

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