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Alice had already called Mireya back and told her she was free. They’d agreed to meet at the restaurant in the next ten minutes. Lombard had driven there, and they were still in the car, watching people come and go through the entrance.Lombard’s eyes stayed on the door, but Alice wasn’t looking that way at all. Her eyes were on Lombard instead. He looked like exactly the kind of trouble she should avoid. She tried not to romanticize every inch of him she was staring at, but it was becoming impossible by the second. Twice, she’d looked away as fast as she could before he could catch her. And twice, it had been awkward.“She’s here now,” Lombard announced.Alice looked at the door. Mireya had really arrived, sunglasses on, one guard stationed outside in case anything happened, another going in with her.Lombard had already fitted himself with something that would let him hear their conversation in real time. He waited for Mireya to get out of her car, but two seconds later, she still h
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“Oh, Alice. Did I wake you?” Lombard asked. Abigail sensed something didn’t add up. She hadn’t told Lombard that Alice was sleeping, and from the way Alice looked, no one would have guessed she’d been asleep at all. No one slept looking like that. But she kept the observation to herself.“Yes, I was. You have something to tell me?” Alice asked, her voice quiet.“Yes. I was wondering if I could buy you a drink, or take you shopping, to make up for all the stress you went through because of me and my family. After all, I was the one who broke up with Mireya, and her family came here and caused you all this mess,” Lombard said.None of the explanation made sense to Abigail. Since when had Lombard become this caring? She didn’t say anything.“You don’t have to worry,” Alice said, but it came out weak, like she’d fly straight out the door if Lombard asked her one more time.“No, I insist,” Lombard said. “And Abigail, if you want to come along with us, you can too.”“Oh, never mind, I don’t
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“Hello,” Alice’s voice came into the phone in a hush as soon as Lombard answered the call. “You okay?” he asked as he got into the car. “Actually, I’m not sure. I’m calling you from the restroom because I don’t want Abigail to know about this. Mireya called me a few seconds ago and said she’d like to have a discussion with me, if that’s okay. I didn’t give her an answer, I just told her I’d check my schedule and get back to her. She wouldn’t tell me exactly what she wants to discuss.” “Are you free today?” Lombard asked as he started the car. “Yes. Basically,” she said. “You can call her back and tell her that you’ll be free. In the meantime, can we meet up now? You don’t have to tell Abigail about it.” “She won’t let me leave the house, not after everything that happened to me. Even now, she’s in the kitchen whipping something together for me,” she said. Lombard let out a soft groan. “I’m coming over. You and I are going out after, and we can talk. In the meantime, don’t tell
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“This is Cassian, from the Belmont family,” the voice at the other end said. And it was no doubt Cassian’s voice. “I was wondering if we could have a fun chat this evening. Just the two of us. At my restaurant. You’re already aware of it, right?” “Yes. I mean, I’ll find my way around with the internet,” Sylvie said, as if she didn’t already go to that same restaurant regularly, sunglasses on, hoping one of these days she’d get lucky enough to run into Cassian and actually have a real conversation with him. “To save the hassle, I’ll send you the restaurant’s address after this call ends. I hope I already have your word that you’ll show up?” Cassian asked. “I have a lot of deadlines lined up for today, but of course, you have my word,” Sylvie lied through her teeth. She had already mentally cleared her entire schedule the second she saw it was Cassian calling. “If you don’t mind, you can tell me what this is all about, though,” she quickly added. “There’s a young man called Lombard
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The hitman was already raising the metal rod. A clean shot. Directly toward Lombard’s head.Lombard saw it immediately. Unfortunately, if he simply dodged, Sylvie would likely end up taking the hit. And that sounded like paperwork. Too much paperwork. So instead, he grabbed her, pulled her down with him. The two of them crashed onto the couch. The rod cut through empty air.The hitman froze. Not because he had missed. Because Lombard had reacted. Properly. Instantly. The man’s expression shifted, a tiny frown appearing. For years he had practiced. Perfecting timing. Perfecting strikes. Perfecting movement. Missing wasn’t what bothered him. The reaction did. Because if Lombard could read that attack so easily, then either the hitman wasn’t as good as he thought, or Lombard was much better than expected. Neither answer sat well with him.The man stepped closer, raised his hand. A testing motion. Nothing more. Lombard didn’t react. Not even slightly. That somehow made things worse. T
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“You have something about you.” Sylvie studied him carefully, the same way a scientist might stare at a strange specimen and wonder what would happen if they took it apart. “Has anyone ever told you that?”Lombard considered it. “I’ve been called an asshole,” he counted on his fingers. “A narcissist.” Another finger. “Too full of myself.” Another. “Inconsiderate.” Another. “And, on a few special occasions, completely useless.” He shrugged. “But nobody has ever told me I have a spirit.”Sylvie didn’t laugh, which immediately told Lombard she wasn’t talking about what he thought she was talking about. “I think you have a carefree spirit.” Her eyes remained fixed on him. “The kind that attracts people.”Lombard’s smile weakened. That tone. That was the same tone that made people pay absurd amounts of money to hear her speak. She had a dangerous gift. The ability to make someone feel understood. Special. Seen. It was the kind of thing people became addicted to.“You have a way of bringing
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