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And noticing Dora's choked voice, Blair gave up on listening to the other people's conversation. It wasn't just an investigation, it was the personal lives of these people.The redhead returned to her room, her mind feeling heavy with too much information. For the first time, Michele was beginning to gain credibility in her mind.- "I'm leaving. It's best for everyone," Ethan said, getting tired of the endless argument with his father. They would never find a middle ground.- "Son, please wait until dawn," Dora asked, clasping her hands together in a sign of supplication.Ethan left his father's office feeling a weight of tons on his shoulders, ignoring his mother's request. He was walking down the hallway, back to the room where he had left Blair, but he could hear the matriarch's last words:- "I hate to see what we did to him"If the man said he felt remorse, it would be an understatement. What he felt was more bitter. Ethan didn't look back, he never looked back. The man walked to
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- "I hate to be ungentlemanly, Angel, but I'm going to have to force you into the pool."- "Wouldn't that be a crime?" she argued, smiling widely.Ethan smiled with false innocence, only to lean over and grab Blair's legs, throwing her onto his shoulders without much effort. She squealed and smiled at the same time.- "Don't worry. I can let you arrest me later," he said, seconds before throwing himself into the pool.They submerged themselves in the cold water, and Blair quickly tried to pull away from the man when he released her. She quickly returned to the surface, and waited until Ethan also returned to splash water on her face.- "My God! You're ridiculous"The man smiled like he hadn't smiled in a long time. In his eyes, Blair looked beautiful. Her hair was wet, her eyes were brighter, and her robe was floating, revealing a considerable amount of her legs. She looked irritated, and she was, but she couldn't stop smiling back.- "Now I have nothing to wear" the redhead complaine
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He brought his fingers to her face, wanting to feel the texture of her skin one last time. He didn't expect to go back, but when he missed her delicate face, he would still feel it in his hands.Blair pulled away from his touch. The redhead didn't want any more reasons to break down. She opened the car door, as certain that this would be the last time she would have contact with that man as she was of the air she was breathing.The truth was, the woman didn't know to what extent she was just acting. She didn't know if she was still pretending, being an undercover, or if she was really feeling the pain of a breakup. In the end, maybe a little of both.- "Imagining a relationship with you was a waste of time. Don't ever look for me again, Ethan," Blair said before leaving in a hurry.She walked away from the car after closing the door, not bothering to give Ethan a chance to say something. And by the time the woman reached the entrance of the building, her face was already wet. She was
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- "Blair, I'm sorry. I lost a sister, and I'm not willing to lose another. It hurts too much, and I can't allow myself to lose someone I love again!"- "I couldn't bear to lose someone I love either, Drake. That's exactly why I didn't want to lose him." Blair said her words with such conviction that it made Drake startle.He looked at his friend strangely, hearing that statement for the first time since he met her. Drake approached with slow steps, still surprised by the sentence that echoed in his brain.- "You said that... my God, you said that you love him?" He frowned.She couldn't say anything about love, because she didn't know the feeling. Romantic love was just an idealization of something Blair knew very little about. However, with Ethan, she felt something similar to what she saw in movies or read in books. She wanted to protect him, and she would.- "What is incomplete in me only Ethan can fit" Blair was sincere in her answer, more than she ever thought possible.*Banks po
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- "Go to her apartment. Make me feel what Michele felt," Ethan continued, and then walked another step.The proximity between the men reached its limit. Their faces were almost touching. Volkov showed no reaction, at least not outwardly. He knew he had crossed a dangerous line.- "But then, my dear, hide yourself in the remotest hole in the earth. And yet know that I will find you, and what happened to Benedict will be a blessing compared to what will happen to you."- "A man in love is a weak man," Volkov commented, taking a subtle step back.- "A fearful man is a weak man"Ethan stepped forward again, approaching Volkov again and staring at him with the only feeling that could make him lose his impassiveness. And then, when he could feel the fear snake through his amber eyes, Banks continued:- "Do I look scared?"The other man didn't answer. He just walked back to the couch where he was sitting. Creating a rivalry bigger than the one that already existed would be foolish. Volkov co
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- "I didn't hire you because of your father, Blair. I hired you because I saw the way Ethan looked at you. I knew at that dinner that you would be able to help me," the boss confided.Blair knew that the chances of her having a relationship with Ethan were slim to none, and that he would never risk his family. But she also knew that her efforts to help Michele would not get her very far, because as soon as she saw him she would give up on any scheme. And even under the saddened gaze of her boss, Blair knew that her heart would not let her unmask the Banks family.- "If you are able to prevent someone else from suffering as I suffered, please do so."- "I can't, Michele. I'm sorry." Blair's speech was choked.She hated herself for not being able to empathize with Michele's pain. But she would hate herself even more if she betrayed Ethan again. Because working with Spencer was betrayal enough, and he might not even forgive her for it.- "Blair, I'm not asking you to..." the older woman
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- "I don't want to keep pretending, Spencer. I did what I could, but now I'm tired of this character. I want to get away from Ethan, from the investigation, from the police station..." she continued, realizing that neither of them had anything to say.- "You did everything I would never be able to do," the inspector assured.- "We're grateful, Blair," Colton added.- "I hope they have enough to close the case."- "Maybe so. But, anyway, I want to give you a bonus. I know it would be much lower than what you really deserve, but..." Spencer was cut off in his speech by the redhead.- "I don't want money"- "It's not money. It's like a carte blanche. Do you know about plea bargaining? It also exists for officers," Colton clarified.Plea bargain; colloquial expression for plea bargain . It is the legal institute by which the person under investigation in a criminal proceeding receives a benefit in exchange for their collaboration with the State.- "But I'm not an officer," she pointed out
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And then, only then, she took the key with the McLaren symbol from the box. Blair pressed the single button, and watched the headlights flash as the vehicle unlocked. She approached with obvious euphoria, unable to believe that she would be driving this machine, and her father followed her.- "I thought of many models, but this one seemed right," he explained.- "It's amazing"Jean wanted something really expensive, just as he imagined his daughter would be. Blair was a splendid woman, and she deserved nothing less than a car to match. Her father also thought about the car's safety, color, and details. He had to contact many acquaintances until he had all his requirements met in one vehicle.- "Want to try?" Jean offered, and saw his daughter's smile widen.- "Yes!"The doors opened upward like butterfly wings. Blair and Jean stepped into the luxurious car, which looked even better on the inside. The black leather seats matched the dashboard, and just a few purple accents added to the
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