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spoke charcoal suit, ad

gy motel room without sp

ooden door

just like a death sentenc

stery of the motel sofa, huggi

hroat burned with agony

nce, I painfully dissec

ways so morb

alidation of a ruthless Maf

dependence and abruptly exiled me to Las Ve

distance woul

distance only made my sick

me to Vegas to ins

; her constant urging for me to settle down

esperation, I begged D

he idea, looking at me as if

Elena. Stop testing my p

psed, and I officially end

to me ending up in

, a rare torrential downpour floode

ewalk, desperately trying to hail a cab to the casino h

armored Maybach pul

window rolled dow

ante commanded from the backseat, his d

heart pounding w

te for the board meeting, so I reluct

old metal, a stunning woman walked out

e feared Underboss o

exuding a lethal attraction, and just like Da

her voice laced with an

tely ignoring the existence of a pu

car window, flashing a

tleman and accompany me to the l

e horror, the corners of his lips actu

ting through rules of power I would never underst

tightened my gri

ered, frantically stepping away

turned around and practically char

tire way, agonizingly realizing j

e massive glass boardroom of

y to my shivering skin, but my

sentation, projecting the staggering qu

h extremely dangerous,

composure, my voice steady

e head of the table, those deep, cal

y presentation, he leaned

ave made a lot of progre

le compliment from the Don cou

d my eyes and gave a hollo

sed, I returned to my privat

n immediately popped up

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