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matching grin that crosses my own.

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“Come on,” he says, turning again and leading me down a narrow outer corridor towards a secret alcove. “I bussed tables here when I was a kid – there’s a spot back here –

Both curious and anxious, I follow Ivan to a little chef’s garden growing on the roof, a door down to the kitchens in the far corner. It’s lit by a couple of lanterns and there’s an unlit fire pit out here as well as some mismatched seating and a couple of ashtrays, suggesting that staff come back here for their breaks. Honestly, it’s cozy and charming.

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Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

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hands into his pockets and giving me a shrug.

shoulders slump a little and looking anxiously over my shoulder. “Seriously- what is it? They’re going to

taking a step closer to me. “Didn’t you miss me? Just

both hands to give a little shove against his chest, too anxious now to entertain his flirtations. “Come on! You told me you needed to talk to

to me, “why haven’t you answered my calls? And more importantly, why are you still in that house? I wasn’t lying when I said Kent’s going down – you’ve got to get out of there, before you get wrapped up in it too!”

stomach drops when I hear this. Honestly, I’d told Kent what Ivan had said, and Kent gave me every impression that he’d dismissed it as an idle threat designed to get me on Ivan’s side. But hearing Ivan reiterate it – when he’s taken the risk of pulling me from the party to reiterate it-

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to admit, I’m anxious

give into it

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looking up at him. “Doesn’t that change

come to show their support, then yeah. Maybe it does. So,”

know what they’re thinking or if they’re going to

takes a second to watch me, to study every muscle

lips curve. “Liar,” he says, laughing a little, making my scrunch my nose and mouth with frustration.

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