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- Page 6 and 7: The first time Cassio meets his fia
- Page 8 and 9: When your wife died, sadness and de
- Page 10 and 11: “If I didn’t know of the circum
- Page 12 and 13: I gritted my teeth. “All right. T
- Page 14 and 15: “She looks pretty and young, not
- Page 16 and 17: A flicker of guilt filled me. I was
- Page 18 and 19: “I’m sorry, sir.”I looked dow
- Page 20 and 21: “I don’t want to talk about my
- Page 22 and 23: I gave her an exasperated expressio
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- Page 28 and 29: I waited at the front of the church
- Page 30 and 31: My smile felt stiff. What was a str
- Page 32 and 33: work under Dad in Baltimore until h
- Page 34 and 35: After the dance with my brother, I
- Page 36 and 37: All evening, I kept an eye on my wi
- Page 38 and 39: “That, as my wife, you’re also
- Page 40 and 41: Wine glass still clutched in her ha
- Page 42 and 43: had never had much of either to beg
- Page 44 and 45: “It’s not just the pain. Until
- Page 46 and 47: I kissed the same spot, applying a
- Page 48 and 49: She looked at me. “Okay,” she s
- Page 50 and 51: Cassio swung his legs out of bed.
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In the last few years, snuggles had
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I wasn’t a fan of physical contac
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Her head shot up, her brows drawing
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Whatever he was worried to see, it
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dog poo, which explained what I’d
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then darted my tongue out, tasting
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Cassio gritted his teeth as he led
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upper arm with more force than inte
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Giulia jumped and whirled around. H
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put my hand on his. His eyes cut do
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Giulia looked at me with wide eyes.
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her chubby cheeks blotchy.“I’m
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“Hello, Daniele. I’m Giulia.”
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scared me.“What’s your problem?
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Cassio left shortly after introduci
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again. But I was getting cold. Stra
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for a shopping trip.” I grabbed h
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said and released her.For a moment,
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life right now.” It was a confess
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“It won’t go upstairs,” I sai
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“Fuck.” He looked as if he’d
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moan. I snapped my mouth shut, reme
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of our mingled sweat and sex.“Who
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I lay awake long after Giulia had f
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Simona had woken one more time, but
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My chest ached thinking of Cassio
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the park toward a fenced-in dog are
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Elia ran his hand through his hair.
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He prowled toward me, but I didn’
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bedroom beside Simona’s nursery.
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for Simona and Daniele too. They ne
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Giulia huffed. “Trust?”I smiled
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so full of energy it was admirable.
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Cassio kept his promise. The next d
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Cassio tried to catch Daniele’s e
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Wasn’t that what everyone called
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anymore.Daniele followed the dog li
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Despite the cold weather, we took a
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Her worried expression compelled me
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“Your mother and I have worked ha
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into a panic attack. What if someth
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felt threatened by a touch there. L
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I touched his arm. “I’m fine.
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I sighed. “That expression means
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on. That made two of us. My heart r
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that? You are surrounded by beautif
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latter that hushed my own fury over
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For a second neither of us moved.Ga
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I stepped close to Andrea and rippe
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hysterical when she wakes, we might
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home had been my safe haven, a plac
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The red roses one of the maids had
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incest. Their love had been doomed
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betrayed me, and because I’d neve
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that I really thought about it, I h
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“It doesn’t explain why he’s
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him against my opening, and then he
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Two days before Daniele’s birthda
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mobsters at a loss on how to handle
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preservation was strong. He checked
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“Is Dad a bad man?”I almost fel
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“Your dad would love a painting o
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missed her, even if she hadn’t ta
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“Was it ever like this with a wom
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worrying.”“You tell him.”I ma
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Faro grimaced. “Exactly, but we b
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My shoulders slumped in relief when
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Mansueto let out a croaky laugh the
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“I’m undecided, but I’m leani
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water and set Daniele down on the b
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His hand slipped under my shirt. I
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Nine years after the weddingCassio
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get out of fabric than blood.I coul
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“Ewww!”“Enough,” I said fir
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How could he have told my father? H
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I headed toward them and hugged the
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Elia cut his gaze to me. “You can
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anyone to find out, which is why I
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Cassio hugged me to him. “Giulia,
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dismembered told me they had a cont
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have drawn her out. Fixing myself a
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later surrounded by his family. Giu
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Going through labor once was defini
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In the past, I’d visited my famil
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If you want to be among the first t
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Contemporary Romance:Only Work, No
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Last but definitely not least, I wa