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64. Spring in Paris
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***"Max...""Max... what's Max's name?" asked Anastasia."Maximilian Kingsley. Why, don't you know Mom's son?"Anastasia breathed a sigh of relief and shook her head. "I don't know him." Meanwhile, Maximilian prepared to meet Selene. From a distance he saw the woman sitting with Selene. She looked so elegant, her hair flowing softly, looking out of the café window with a faint smile on her face. His heart fluttered immediately when he realized who she was. Anastasia."Oh my," he muttered in surprise. His footsteps immediately stopped.Maximilian hadn't expected his mother to be so familiar with Anastasia. He didn't know how he felt right now. Embarrassed? Surprised? Or just nervous? One thing was for sure, he was not ready to face Anastasia right now. And Selene would be surprised when Anastasia introduced herself as her husband. Selene would definitely give him a sharp look.Maximilian quickly turned around, looking for a way out of this situation. He needed to hide his identity. H
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***"Crazy! This morning hundreds of missed calls and thousands of messages came into my phone. I was shocked and thought something was wrong. Turns out it was because of that one photo!" Lyra was annoyed, she had rambled on and on, even cursing Leon."That man did it on purpose last night, he just wanted to trap you!" Lyra added again.Meanwhile, Anastasia sat in front of her tablet screen, staring at various articles that had appeared on the Internet over the past few days. The big headlines on the news pages were full of accusations that slandered her. They accused Anastasia of trying to lure Leon Hale back into her arms, and even wrote that she was using her fame at Paris Fashion Week to steal Leon away from her half-sister Elora.Her lips tightly sealed, Anastasia took a deep breath. She knew this was all part of a dirty game she had faced many times before, but this time the accusations stung even more because they touched on something very personal to her."They always have a c
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