desk, that same confident swagger consu

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touched him-was not because she was scared, like she wanted to do somethin

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is address, his history of employmen

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her, that was, what she had done.

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r focus back to the fi

ates. Things that, under normal circu

ightly whenever he answered the call

he was still using low, firm, and dangerous. Couldn't understand the

ug off all the jitters creeping down her spine, because that

ing behind p

e job was real. My bank account

rection, one couldn't help breathing that heavy air, as

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ket off, sleeves rolled up, tie loosened. The shirt was crisp white; there was somet

ly quiet today," he

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ou leave?"

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she said, her voice a bit

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before the sunset which now threw pink and blue over the soft hues of the sky, with

ground normalcy-but she saw that a black ca

opened the doo

hesit

given her a contract with rules and boundar

tside; she was tired; t

got

ò stood at the window against wh

g away. Purse strings tightened in his j

she walked out that night-scratching something open. Something dark,

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night, Aria co

iling, replaying every glance, every word

Niccolò that wasn't just d

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her li

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self toget

still back in that office, back in the suit

ty, he was still th