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I blink back tears I didn’t realize were for while he hypnotized me with his voice and words I s thickly, and the sincerity in his expression leaves no room for me to doubt hilance down at ressive bite that makes the handsome beast in front of me chuckle

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Marcello

“Where the fuck isinto ainst the wall And the little fucker ju hi them

He clears his throat “Marcello, what are you doing here, sir?”

I ignore the woman who crawls out from beneath his desk and scurries out the door “I’ve been trying to call hter for over twelve hours with no response, when not a day goes by that she doesn’t answer on the first ring Where The fuck Is she?”

“I… I…,” he stutters, getting on my very last nerve “I haven’t seen or spoken to her in a day or so I’ve been busy with s and—”

“I just sahat you’ve been busy with, stronzo,” I reet on your phone and try to call her right this very instant And if she doesn’t answer, then you and I are going on a little trip to her apartether”

I watch the blood drain fro

But he picks up the phone anyway and hits a button that speed dials oes straight to voice that she let the cell die or has it turned off—soave her the first one when she was ten There are all sorts of rams and location apps installed for her safety, so she knows never to let it get lower than thirty percent battery life

My daughter is nothing if not obedient, so for her to be out of contact is concerning, putting it mildly