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

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“Did your cousin lie to you about me?” he asked after a while.

“She told me you were private, which I took as code for unpleasant.”

“And now?”

“Now I think private is the least interesting thing about you.”

“That sounds like criticism.”

“It is criticism.”

The corner of his mouth shifted.

“And yet you stayed through dessert.”

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