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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.

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

Elliot could do that… well, Sebastian Giovanni?

man who’d raised

also said you better

The silence said

Stephanie shuddered.

hung up, the motion casual, but inside, her mind was

afternoon felt like a blur. She couldn’t focus. Her thoughts

present.

she could think

the guy the Hart family was

power–he controlled everything. The legal world. The illegal

back to what happened three years ago, just before

matter anymore. She was lost in her thoughts until

stepped outside–and her

distracted, she

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number?” Catlin’s voice came through, furious,

busy street, answering flatly, “You think I

joke with Catlin

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