"𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘........~ (𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚘....)"
"𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘..~ (𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚘...)"
"𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘..~ (𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚘...)"
"𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘..~"
The soft hum of 'But I love you so' Song by The Walters filled the cozy yet modern apartment, the record spinning lazily as warm light bathed the space in gold.
Floor-to-ceiling windows framed the glittering cityscape, but the person's focus was entirely on them.
They stood by the couch, sipping tea, their presence as commanding as ever.
Strong and independent, unshaken by the world, but not as cold-not with them.
They saw it in the way they glanced at him, in the way their lips curved into something almost tender.
They leaned against the counter, watching them like they were the only thing that mattered.
"уσυ кєєρ α¢тιηg ℓιкє уσυ ∂ση'т ηєє∂ αηуσηє." They said, voice low and knowing. "уσυ ∂ση'т ηєє∂ мє."
They set their mug down, crossing the space between them with deliberate steps.
Their fingers brushed his wrist-light, fleeting, but undeniably real.
"ι ∂ση'т ηєє∂ уσυ." They murmured, lifting their gaze to meet theirs. "вυт ι ωαηт уσυ."
The song swelled, the melody thick with longing.
They exhaled a slow breath, their hand coming up to trace their jaw, their touch reverent.
"тнαт'ѕ єησυgн ƒσя мє."
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му ƒιяѕт σωη ѕтσяу αвσυт му σ¢ѕ' яσмαηтι¢ ѕтσяу. (ρяσвαвℓу яσмαηтι¢? ι ∂ση'т кησω, ѕιη¢є ι ∂ση'т кησω ωнαт ¢συηтѕ αѕ яσмαηтι¢. ℓσℓ (*・x・)/)
αηуωαуѕ єηʝσу! (๑˃̵ ᴗ ˂̵)و
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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