SHE PRETENDED TO BE A BAD GIRL TO ESCAPE A BLIND DATE — BUT THE MAFIA BOSS SAW THROUGH HER IN MINUTES

they’re not introducing you. They’re placing you.”

“You think that’s what tonight is?”

“Isn’t it?”

“No.”

“Then what is it?”

He answered too quickly for it to be rehearsed.

“A dinner that is either honest or very disappointing.”

He looked at her across the candle.

“You expected something uglier?”

“I usually do.”

“Does it help?”

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