Mafia King's Pretend Wife

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n h

r mask, yanked it off, and tossed

have know

's knowledge. No one touched power wit

ges, hiding behind names, and faking al

le

than she expected. She turned the corner, fa

ound her arm before

o walk away from

two years ago, she

years ago, you disappeared a

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out in the middle of the night l

r mother. You stayed for the power. Don't rewr

use I couldn't breathe around you. Because eve

of si

s gravel. "Then why did you look at me like

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idn't

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"What are you

he entire attack. Angles no one but the shooters should

at the fl

se daughter now wants a piece of your territory."

stomach

gether," he added. "But you're in over your head.

age in silence from

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looked

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ro had engin

ly walked into his

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gone to that party

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voice low. "And if you keep letting

save

owns

any

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d around the glass. "You

till w

dn't a

as answer

ause the last time you let your heart

er, Dante sent

a mes

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ows and a man who said nothing except "Mr.

every sensible voice

ng at a priva

s rolled to the forearm. His hair was windblown.

pulse reacted before

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to talk,

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na f

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derground. And I assume he's the one bankro

s impos

s why she turned on you. Not for power. For survival

felt like th

find him," Dante stated.

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pared Elena for

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lone photo of her as a child. She crossed the roo

was

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od calmly

flicked to

asked. "That's

attered and enraged. "

ed herself another drink, he

ow, hands in his pockets.

lied t

ever

me my father mig

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o help me, but to make sure I d

turn

me, he didn'

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at. Not only to me. To everyone. He knows every flaw in

why bri

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because you were scared. Of me. Of yoursel

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gret it? Sh

ery day I didn't fight

s stinging. "I'm not t

You're stronger. Sha

his hand cares

more now than I

bro

like he'd waited hi

in the blankets and in each o

dral, Alessandro Romano knelt before a prie

, he remarked

"Then it's time we

door o

man ste

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hat could slas

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e home,

she assumed had died at birth,

me to bur