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... for the velvet-bound ledger beside him, her fingers brushing his by accident. He didn’t pull away.
A moment. Brief. Quiet. Enough.
His voice was lower now. "They think you’re a fool. A girl flung from disgrace into another’s ruin."
Her eyes met his. "Do you?"
"No," he said, after a beat. "But let them think so."
The fire crackled between them. She didn’t smile. Neither did he.
And yet something shifted...like the first thaw in a bitter season.
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