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Dumb. He should have gotten the pen. Jewelry was so public... and personal, which was why he'd bought it. He couldn't buy Eleanor a pen. Or a bookmark. He didn't have bookmarklike feelings for her.

Rainbow Rowell

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Rainbow Rowell
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 24
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