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

gaze stayed on her face.

“And your husband?”

The word tilted the room slightly.

There it was.

The word most men avoided on first dates unless they had been coached into gentleness. Lenora had almost wanted him to ask, just to see whether he would do it badly.

“Dead,” she said. “A year and change.”

“I’m sorry.”

“No, you aren’t.”

His eyes did not leave hers.continue reading …