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Bitterly I wondered if Hardy was going to overshadow every relationship for the rest of my life, haunting me like a ghost. I didn't know how to let him go. I'd never even had him.

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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