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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.

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

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

the man who’d raised Stephanie.

“He also

need to finish. The

Stephanie shuddered.

motion casual, but

a blur. She couldn’t focus. Her thoughts kept drifting.

present.

she could think about was

family was looking for–the one who raised her.

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

ago, just before she left

was lost in her thoughts until the end of the

hit six, she stepped outside–and

she answered, “Hello?”

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voice came through, furious, like

at the busy street, answering flatly, “You think I

one who could joke with Catlin

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