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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

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

was the man who’d raised Stephanie.

also

The silence said it all.

Stephanie shuddered.

the motion casual, but inside, her mind was

thoughts kept drifting. Even during the

present.

think about was

was looking for–the one who

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

just before she left Fiorenza.

in

six, she stepped outside–and her phone started buzzing

she

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came through, furious, like she

busy street, answering flatly, “You think I was

could joke

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