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Author: Paola Yu
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"Underwear model? Did you see which table he was sitting at and who he was with?" Marie added. "He was at the table with the deputy's son. Not sure if he models full-time."

I ignored my friends' gossip. I couldn't care less who was related to whom when I came to dance at a club. It was all the same. All men were the same. Well, except for my favorite bartender, the one who was bringing me another delicious Margarita—which I gratefully sipped.

"Take it easy or you won't make it to your dad's birthday in one piece," Kit warned, picking up another cocktail.

I had to roll my eyes. My father, the great Lionel Brown, was celebrating his birthday today. I hadn't wished him well, and I had no plans to. He knew exactly what he had done—betrayed my privacy and trust, still thinking I was some little girl. I was twenty-six years old. I was a grown woman.

"I'm not going. I've had enough of him," I told them, taking another drink.

"So, you're also skipping Lawrence's thing?" Ryan asked with a
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