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As tih I had no sisters by blood, I had three I’d chosen Cora was one of them

Snuffling out a laugh, I poured the remainder of the juice down the sink, and asked, “Spoken to Alessio?”

The sour expression she wore told me she hadn’t

Her brow furrowed as she drew out the word, “Nooo I call, and he doesn’t answer I text, and he doesn’t respond” Her face screwed up “I was so desperate that I did the whole ‘Hey, sexy,’ and then sent hi person Sorry’”

Oh,Pulling out the big guns “And he didn’t bite?”

She leaned back against the counter, looking as miserable as I’d ever seen her “Not even a nibble What a psycho”

God, he was stubborn What was it about these uy and they’d barely hesitate Ask thelés

If ere going hard, we needed backup “You knoe et Mina to help out on this one”

Cora sighed, thena third person into this?” She turned and dropped her head onto the counter with a thud What she said next cauy who likes ive me two in the pink and one in the stink? Is that so much to ask?”

Lord above She needed Jesus

I stroked her hair and cooed, “He will He’s just scared because you’re little and full of spunk, and he’s all dooonna be like a ed at a silken strand of her blonde locks “Explosive”

She lifted her head and pursed her lips “You think so?”

“I know so,” I declared, gathering her hair inwith the thick o talk to Mina After that, we’re going to La Perla” I grinned deviously “And on the way home… a detour, I think”

Three hours of shopping and multiple purchases later, a plan had been hatched, and while Mina wasn’t exactly happy about the part I asked her to play, she adentle shove in order to get hi

“He’s going to bein distress as we pulled up to the house

As if Alessio could ever stay ht on the tombstone where he lay In ht him back to life Alessio Scarfo was a shell of a man until Mina wormed her way into his heart, and there she stayed

“He won’t be mad,” I muttered indifferently but quietly added, “at you”