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

being ruder.”

“You can try again.”

“Maybe I will.”

“Maybe you should.”

His calm did not challenge her.

It invited honesty.

Which was worse.

Her phone buzzed on the table.

Kora.

Relief hit first. Then annoyance that she felt it so hard.

“Sorry,” Lenora said, answering before the second buzz. “What?”

Kora’s voice came through bright and careless in the way only continue reading …