Chapter 34

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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

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

was the man who’d raised Stephanie.

cold as ever. “He also said you better have an explanation

didn’t need to finish. The silence

Stephanie shuddered.

the motion casual, but inside, her mind

She couldn’t focus. Her thoughts kept drifting. Even during

present.

she could think about

family was looking

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

what happened three years ago, just before she left Fiorenza. Her

She was lost in her

clock hit six, she stepped outside–and

she answered, “Hello?”

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came through, furious, like

busy street, answering flatly, “You think I was

joke with

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