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Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias

Where There Was Fire

by John Manuel Arias
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  • Aug 29, 2023, 288 pages
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  • Sep 2024, 288 pages
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Teresa checked her wristwatch again. She was nervous about knocking on Cristina's door at this hour. She didn't want to be a disturbance, especially with something so trivial as a husband yet to come home. But Teresa knew her anxiety was really because of Desiderio. Because of the way he had begun looking at her. She didn't want to admit it, but these past few months she'd been aware of Desiderio's glances. The salacious, arrogant eyes he made at her in front of his own wife. It made Teresa uncomfortable, but what made it worse was that Cristina never seemed to notice, while José María noticed immediately.

Copyright © 2023 by John Manuel Arias

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