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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He listened.

That was the most irritating part.

He actually listened.

One night, after the city had settled into rain again, Lenora locked the shop and found Silven waiting under the old sign Gavin had once promised to repaint.

No black car at the curb.

No Matteo in sight, though she suspected he was somewhere.

“You walking now?” she asked.

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