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Chapter 17
Julianne slowly turned around to face Jin. He was standing too close. She could feel his warm breath against her face.
“I named this place The Arabella when I was building it,” he continued. “And that’s also why I have to tear it down.”
She bit her lip as tears rolled down her cheeks. She felt his hands on both sides of her cheeks. His face descended towards hers as he took her lips in one chaste kiss.
“Jin…” she started saying.
“Arabella…” he whispered against her lips. His voice was low, but thick with emotions. “Just this once. Please… choose me.”
He sounded sincere… and desperate. And it broke Julianne’s heart even more. She remembered the time that she would have given everything to stay with this man. If she had the freedom then… if she hadn’t been scared of what her father or McAllister would do to him… she w
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