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

resent him for taking it.

She looked at the rain.

Then her heels.

Then the driver.

Then Silven.

“You’re very difficult.”

“So you’ve said.”

She got into the car.

The city looked different through wet glass, softer around the edges. Dirt became reflection. Storefronts turned into streaks of color.

Lenora gave the address of the flower shop instead of the apartment continue reading …