The Things We Keep
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Last published Thu, May 28, 2026
When Lisa Calloway agrees to an arrangement with Dean Hunter - wealthy, powerful, and dangerously observant - she tells herself it's just survival. A way out of debt, out of desperation, out of a life that was slowly swallowing her whole.
What she doesn't tell him is everything else.
Like the secret she's been carrying for years. The one her brother Peter has been holding over her head like a knife. The one that could unravel everything she's built inside Dean's world.
What neither of them realizes is that their worlds were never as separate as they seemed.
Some secrets don't stay buried.
Some things we keep end up keeping us.
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