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ce and competence

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, I heard Alessandro whispering o

rcer said urgently. "Aria tampered wi

waited for him to execute the mi

oice was cold

oken leg. Aria was upset about the credit card

ess

g on me; he was protecting the

ublicly. He outbid me for my grandmother's heirloom necklace and

thought I was just a piece o

ugged the entire villa

rdings of what Aria was reall

my pocket and signaled the

about to learn that shattered ic

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was the most feared Underboss in New York. But when I heard the woman's laught

a silent, dutiful wife, or burn this entire

rformative shriek of a woman who knew she was

ozen in th

sign death warrants on bank transfe

dug harder

an who could silence a room of hard

my hu

had molded myself

en spoken to. I dressed in neutrals. I managed the legitimat

o earn a scrap

wood. It was low, husky. A tone he never used with me. "R

lungs as if I'

scul

to him. A decorati

eflection in the

chignon. My dress was a structured g

a woman who di

k and wool, my ches

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n't k

was a cliché that

mahogany desk. Her legs were spread, he

His hands were on her waist.

y f

k ashamed. She

liberately ran a manicured nail down Aless

," Alessa

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said. My voice was flat. Mechani

ut," h

er into the room despite every instinct scream

rned fully toward me, shielding Aria with his body. "

. "Maybe she needs

a

the future

s flicking to the open collar of his shirt. "The staff is

ed. It was a cru

arina. Rules and ledgers. Look at you. You're b

o Aria, dismissi

ive. You make me feel

me in a v

files slipped

thud, scattering papers across t

f them lo

d, his back to me. "And close

urn

lked

lowered their heads, but I saw the pity

he last

e master suite

erfectly. The silk

at my

the woman in

. She was powerfu

perfect nude lipstick from my mouth

told me: "The sharpest knife is

bottom drawer

I had started it weeks

a D

arges in Miami. Links to

leak. She was a parasite targeting t

d up my

y man in this house who re

is gruff voi

ar," I said. "

Sign

ed, staring at my hollow eyes in