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“Let hio,” Marta said

“But he” Annabelle’s voice faded into the breeze

The hts se note that Annabelle had found ae that continued to nag at him

He pulled his phone froe of the note He’d taken the photo because his gut was telling hiht But as it?

He read the note once, then twice and a third time Was it the misspelled words that bothered him? Or perhaps the mix of lowercase and uppercase letters? Or was it the fact the ?

Who in the world would write such a cryptic note?

And ould Annabelle’s mother place it in her journal?

There wason here than they knew But as it?

CHAPTER SEVEN

THIS WAS HER FAULT

Annabelle felt horrible about the paparazzi’s appearance at the university and the ensuing chase Though Grayson was a multi press

She hadn’t thought of that aspect when she’d ements to take him there She’d been so anxious to show him hoell his business would fit in here that she hadn’t taken time to plan a rear exit from the campus to avoid the press

If it hadn’t been for Grayson’s adverse reaction, she iven a public state contract with the Fo Shizzle Café chain But on second thought, she would have been rushing things There was no verbal or paper contractyet

And after today, there s around First, she needed to get the press off their trail And then she needed to ss over with Grayson

She called the palace’s press secretary and set up a brief stateates where the paparazzi were lying in wait She knew froot a story—whether it be the truth or a bit of fiction that they conjured up