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“If Richard and I were able to get over our past misunderstandings, I’m sure you kids can do the same.” Dad stepped closer to me, pulling me in a hug, even though I didn’t really put equal effort in. His hand settled on my shoulder. “I know you will succeed with this too,cara.” He looked over his shoulder and gave a curt nod. “Trevor. I’ll see you both in my office in an hour for the meeting.”

Dad walked away, returning back to the party, and leaving me alone with the wolf once again.

Trevor stepped forward, joining me at my side. We both stared out at the celebrating crowd.

“This is going to be fun.”

I couldn’t tell if he was teasing me or being sarcastic.

“That’s why you came back?” Turning my whole body to face him, I took a small step into him, getting him to glance down at me. “The job?”

Trevor cocked his head, a concerned frown taking over his features. “You didn’t think I came back for you, did you?”

Chapter 28

Present

26 years old

Manhattan, New York City

I hated that she changed.

I hated that the softness in her eyes was gone.

But most of all? I hated that she didn’t recognize me.

Did I mean that little to her?

I would’ve recognized her without even needing to see her; simply by the change of atmosphere in the room.

The calmness was gone too. Now, replaced by the harshness of reality.

I’d heard everything about her over the years. How she was the Italian’s highest-paid hacker now. That she had the respect of the mob not because of who her father was, but of what she could do. That she was ruthless. Dangerous. Cut-throat.

It wasn’t the same girl I remembered.

And I hated it.

I’d heard she took the Omertà. The fucking blood oath.

I enter alive, and will leave dead.

She was in deep with the Mafia now. Way fucking deeper than when we were fucking around in college.

Back then, with nothing set in stone, there might’ve been a chance, despite our family’s rivalries and future plans.

But now?

Being with her meant starting a war.

It didn’t matter that she wasn’t promised to another.

Just the simple fact that she was a Moretti, and I was a Su, was enough to declare us enemies.

Not even an arranged marriage would have solved this family rivalry. The hatred ran too deep. They didn’t trust each other. They wouldn’t even speak of it.

Until –of course– their money was threatened and their hands were forced to shake on a temporary agreement. Key word,temporary.

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