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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.

Fiorenza feared him. Elliot had a way of making people shake in their

if Elliot could do that… well, Sebastian Giovanni? The

man who’d

cold as ever. “He also

finish. The silence

Stephanie shuddered.

up, the motion casual, but inside, her

She couldn’t focus. Her thoughts kept drifting. Even during the meeting, she

present.

could think about was

was looking for–the one who raised

he didn’t just have power–he controlled everything. The legal world. The illegal world. He

years ago, just before she left Fiorenza. Her

She was lost in

stepped outside–and her phone started buzzing

distracted, she

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

the busy street, answering flatly, “You think I was joking?”

could joke

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