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Romero sank back down The bathroom was past a corner, closer to the door than our table I slipped out of the restaurant, took flats from my purse and put them on Then I hurried toward the address It would take at least five minutes before Roer before he’d barge in to check on me

When I arrived in front of the brownstone building, I hesitated It didn’t have a reception, only a narrow corridor and a steep staircase Then I took a deep breath and entered The key said the apartment was on the third floor I took the elevator hidden in a dark corner behind the stairs During the ride up, doubt overcame me Maybe I shouldn’t have listened to the letter The elevator came to a halt and the door rattled open My eyes darted to the button that would take round floor but instead I stepped out and found the apartment door It wasn’t completely shut

My heart fluttered with fear This seeer than worry I pushed the door open and peered in The living roo froun in my purse, then crept further in, but froze when I heard a woman cry out “Yes! Harder!”

Dread settled in ht was spilling out of an open door I stopped in front of it, hesitating I could still turn around and pretend I’d never received the letter Another moan drifted out of the room and I peaked inside Heat rushed up my face, then seemed to drain out of my body completely Grace Parker was on her knees and forearms on the bed while Luca fucked her fro her ass filled the silence, only occasionally disrupted by her encouraging cries andinto her hips and he raain Grace turned her head to meet my eyes, and smiled triumphantly Bile traveled up my throat So this hat Luca had been up to the last two nights

For a crazyit at her head I wouldn’t shoot her, even if I wanted to I wasn’t a mobster I wasn’t Luca My shoulders sluet away Luca’s eyes shot open, hand reaching for a gun on the bed beside him but then he found me He jerked, then froze

“What’s the ainst him He was still buried inside her Luca and I stared at each other and I could feel tears gathering in my eyes

I whirled around and ran I needed to get away Just away The an shaking but I didn’t stop I rushed outside al into Romero who must have followed my phone’s GPS He stu and his eyes widened He knew Everyone seemed to know, except for stupid me

I stor faster than I’d ever run in round station, I caught a gli out of the door Ro me

But I was fast Years of working out on the treadmill finally paid off I practically flen the steps, fumbled for the Metro cardafter we’d forced Ued to squeeze into the already closing doors of a subagon I wasn’t even sure where it was going But as I saw Luca and Ro for the tracks, all thativenher ass, from his betrayal

On our wedding night I’d told Luca I didn’t hate hiain today I sank down on a free seat, but I was still shaking Where was I going?

I couldn’t run away Luca was probably already sending every soldier after e looks froers What did they know? They were free

I grabbed“Aria?”