DECEIT
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Last published Mon, Jan 1, 2024
de·ceit
[dɪˈsiːt]
The action or practice of deceiving someone or concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
Madeline Smith left Seattle three years ago to escape her life and the people in it.
when her past caught up to her in California, she had no choice but to come back to her rich, suffocating family.
She didn't want to live on her family's wealth.
Madeline meets Harry on her quest for a job, he offers her a position as his personal assistant, allowing her to move on from her family name.
When she starts working for Harry, she uncovers what his work really involved and how her family tie into it.
While slowly uncovering her feelings for Harry as their friendship develops from a hurricane workplace fling to something more.
As Madeline's past seems to always catch up to her.
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"You're lying! She would never do such a thing." I was in denial as I shook my head repeatedly to clear my vision 'Stop please, do this at another time.' I pleaded with a cracked broken voice that made me sound so worthless and so vulnerable I could feel my heart trying to rip itself part into two different half's and it hurt. It hurt too much but I kept my mouth shut from crying out loud or letting even a small whimper escapee my parted lips "I'm not lying." He spoke tenderly eyeing me with his soft brown eyes as if I was a delicate rose captured inside a glass, ready to break apart at any given moment nowComplete
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"You're lying! She would never do such a thing." I was in denial as I shook my head repeatedly to clear my vision 'Stop please, do this at another time.' I pleaded with a cracked broken voice that made me sound so worthless and so vulnerable I could feel my heart trying to rip itself part into two different half's and it hurt. It hurt too much but I kept my mouth shut from crying out loud or letting even a small whimper escapee my parted lips "I'm not lying." He spoke tenderly eyeing me with his soft brown eyes as if I was a delicate rose captured inside a glass, ready to break apart at any given moment now
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