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

“She doesn’t.”

He walked her back to the shop afterward.

Not because she needed escorting.

Not because the city was safe without him, though in some corners maybe it wasn’t.

He walked her back because leaving a good evening too quickly can feel like insulting it.

At the shop door, under the old sign, Lenora turned to him.

“I’m not the kind of woman men continue reading …