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Natalia goes perfectly still, except for her eyes, which narrow almost to slits.

“Who are you going to see?” she asks, her voice sharp.

“Family business, Natalia,” I murmur, aloof, taking a big sip of my coffee and then placing it on the table. “You understand.”

“Family?” she asks, leaning forward. “Which family? This one, or your father’s?”

“Well, they’re one and the same now, aren’t they?” I reply, cryptic. And then I let my lips curl in a secretive little smile before turning to Daniel and ignoring her completely.

“Will you do all right without me today, sweetheart?” I ask, my voice soft and intimate. I raise a fond hand to run it down the back of his head, taking a moment to trail my fingers through the ends of his hair.

at me, already onto my game and ready to play along. “No,” he says, wrapping an arm around my waist and pulling me close. “Not if it’s a choice and pleading incompetence will keep you

looping my hands

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little so that my hips press close against him while I look down at him with adoration. “Sorry, babe,” I say. “You know I have work to do. I’d rather be

says, grinning at me

because I’m so grateful to have him on my side, I let him tug me close and then I lower

if he’s

play along. I turn my head to

a little to grab a croissant off the plate in the middle.

I whisper, giving them both a pretty

and

see Kent leaning against the wall next to the kitchen door, his arms folded over his chest, watching my every move with a little smirk on his face. And I’m damn lucky that the Italians have their heads turned because I absolutely falter in my steps when I see him there. But he just nods his head once at me, uncrosses his arms, and moves into the kitchen as if he’s got

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and head towards the door, thinking that it’s

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feel the knuckle of Kent’s index finger gently, just barely,

out on my face as I push through the

not much, but from Kent?

well have given me

soon as I come through the door, though, I almost

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