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rdered. Paulina's Diner serves the best in the city. After all that's happened I decided I needed a break. Like liter

de Paulina's Diner where the old ceiling fan spun lazily above. I was stirring my iced tea with the end

hands of the stranger. He takes a bit all the while maintaining eye contact with me like he

e, high cheekbones, chubby cheeks

as a man who doesn't want

ark coat, his presence quiet but somehow commandi

. "Do I k

"But I know you

hill up my spine, despite the heat outside. I sat

ound the diner, scanning every movement

time with Alexander."

. "How

ions I already kno

tened. "Are you

oice low and flat, "you

Everything about him felt... off. Calculated. But what unse

," I said slowly, "but if

ing to w

r plays the charming puppet master well, but he's a minor storm compared to what's coming. And the fact that he's keeping you c

n you were involved in that overwhelming

mouth dry. "Wha

look like a shadow with a pulse. "There are people-powerful ones-who don't like Alexander's

nd who are you to be

h his eyes. "Let's just say I

that meant-but I kn

, like he had already sa

're walking into something much bigger than you think. And when it unfolds, he

g into the afternoon heat as if

iled in my chest. He had left a note with what I assu

nder'

p to something- he always is."

a partnership, as short as it may be, he's going to leverage on it

be suspicious and menacing. "Why're you reall

lexander, you fucked me, you fucking bastard. You stabbed me in the back and here you are thinking I'm helping

s before I could hold

not here for

are you h

" She said. My eyebrows furrow. "I'm he