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Chapter Sixteen: Saying No
Marianna's POV
Things are getting serious with Wayne. He wants me to move in with him. I'm excited by the thought of just forgetting everything I have gone through in this place. To start over will be great. To have a man in my life, a man who loves me is something I have been longing for. I just hope I can learn to love him to so as to repay the generosity he has shown me.But before I even imagine myself on a plane or in the amazing mansion Wayne described there are a few things to be set straight, like telling Helena Bale that I'm taking her grandson away. I arrived at her penthouse a few minutes ago. Nicko slept in her room and I can't go in there to get him. Castle says I have to wait.
"You look tired. Long night?" Castle broke the silence.
"Something like that." When I'm with Wayne we never get much sleep.
He kept reading the newspaper and I got lost in the luxurious be
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