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Stephanie’s breath caught in her throat, her whole body tense. For a moment, she couldn’t calm down.

Her hands shook as she grabbed the phone. “Hello?”

“Miss Giovanni.” The voice on the other end was unmistakable.

Stephanie’s face went blank, her eyes betraying the storm of emotions she was fighting to keep in check.

She forced herself to speak. “Yeah, it’s me.”

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The guy went on, “Mr. Giovanni’s flight is arriving at Long Harbor at 8 PM tonight. He wants you to meet him at the airport.”

Stephanie’s heart skipped a beat.

She gripped the phone tighter, her palm sweating. “He… he’s coming to Long Harbor?”

The weight of this moment hit her all at once. He was finally coming, after all this time.

Just yesterday, she’d had swiped the wrong black card while shopping. She knew he’d find out, but she hadn’t expected it to blow

up this fast.

The voice on the other end belonged to Elliot Grant, an assistant.

respectful on the surface–but everyone in Fiorenza feared him. Elliot had a way of

that… well, Sebastian Giovanni? The man he assisted?

was the man who’d raised

came again, cold as ever. “He also said you better

finish. The silence said it

Stephanie shuddered.

motion casual, but inside, her mind

thoughts kept drifting. Even during the

present.

think about was

family was looking for–the one who raised

controlled everything. The legal world. The illegal world. He was the king of the

what happened three years ago, just before she left

didn’t matter anymore. She was lost in her thoughts

stepped

she

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you really block my number?” Catlin’s voice came through, furious, like she

glanced around at the busy street, answering flatly, “You think I was

one who could joke with Catlin was Olivia.

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