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

she stood close enough to see the tiredness around his eyes that made him look less untouchable than he had at dinner.

“That almost sounded kind.”

“It almost was.”

There it was again.

That dangerous pull beneath the evening, the one she had tried to bury under black fabric, whiskey, and bad manners.

Only now there was no dress to hide inside.

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