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Habeas Corpus - Rafael Barba x OC
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Complete, First published Jun 17, 2024
"What the hell are you doing here?" he pressed out with a strained voice. Olivia couldn't remember hearing him sound like this, ever. Cassandra, the smile melting off her face, stepped back again and straightened her back.
"I represent Dylan Cooper."
Rafael's lips twitched and Olivia grew more and more confused by the second.
"You don't practice in New York," Rafael argued, his expression growing from whatever shock he had lived through to...angry? Yes, Olivia decided, questionably, snippily, angry. Highly unlike Rafael Barba angry.

A case with almost no evidence, an ex-girlfriend he hadn't seen in ten years, and the overwhelming feeling the universe was out to get him. Will he be able to solve the case and save his heart, or will the old pain destroy him?
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