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

without performing.

The realization itself shoved her back into the role.

She reached for the whiskey bottle, poured too much, and said, “This was a mistake.”

“The drink?”

“The evening.”

Silven’s eyes stayed on her hand as she lifted the glass.

“If you believed that, you would have left before the fish.”

“Maybe I wanted the fish.”

“Maybe. Or maybe you wanted continue reading …