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“Sean, if you’ve got your eye on someone, tell me. I’ll help vet her.”

This woman really took him for a fool.

Sean snorted: “Vet her?

Where’d you get that confidence?”

“Don’t forget–to my grandfather, you’re just a court jester now.

Anyone you pick? He’d disapprove, and she’d never fit into my circle.”

“You should know that better than anyone.”

Sean hung up. Andrea’s face instantly turned ashen, ugly beyond words.

As an orphan, nothing stung more than being looked down upon since childhood!

Sean’s words dragged up memories of years ago–how she’d made a fool of herself trying to fit in with those trust fund kids!

“Once I become Mrs. Sutton, we’ll see who dares underestimate me!”

Andrea made no mention of Maureen, clearly unaware she’d returned.

Sean waited outside Beverly Hills Villa Estate.

“Sir, Ms. Ramirez hasn’t stepped out all day.”

“Shall I knock?”

The bodyguard dared not keep him waiting.

Sean declined.

“No need. I’ll wait right here for her to come out.”

Learning of Maureen’s return yesterday sparked unprecedented excitement in him–he’d burned to find her and demand answers about the past.

he’d once bullied her froze him

over two

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dizzy and muddled after catching a chill; last

bought her medicine, but she still felt

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a coat over yesterday’s scratches, she left

felt no heat through

her frail health nearly hospitalized her

to plan carefully from

business car parked nearby. Just as she

“Mau… Maureen.”

her tracks, turned

She didn’t answer.

to ask, but what came out was: “How have

How have I been?

Maureen sneered inwardly.

who most wished

her lips together, tightened her grip on the pepper spray she

next.

thought

just partial hearing

even when

long hair covered her hearing

his misunderstanding, she didn’t bother to

grabbed her wrist: “Has your

me take you to the

Condition worsened?

Go to the hospital?

sudden concern made Maureen suspect he was trying a new way to

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