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As if my life hadn’t been torn apart over the space of twenty-four hours Although ed sos, speaking to colleagues, ht and toothless Not that I was normally peppy or overly friendly Many people in the office didn’t liketo be the acco, cheerful, kind female they’d coious law firm in the city, had offices all over the country and billionaire clients Which uys

The world had changed drastically, but not in the upper echelons, not with the dinosaurs

There omen and people of color here because the fire They didn’t want any lawsuits But everyone knew that it was for appearances only Those denied power and agency would never have any kind of control Women knew that they needed to play a certain role in order to keep their jobs, if they wanted to be proht clothes, stay trim and tolerate the sexual harassment from the dinosaurs Wait for the asteroid to take them all out

Mysoued by Cristian

I wanted his lips His touch

That was insane

He wasmafia boss, and he was the man who’d threatened to ive him what he wanted

All of those things were true

But I still wanted him to kiss me

Beyond that, I wanted hiht

That burning realization hat hadmy research on the Catalano family The name was in the news plenty For business deals, philanthropy No hints of organized cri Except waste ement, the stereotype mafia-owned business

The restaurant and the venture capitalist businesses were just the tip of the iceberg Because Cristian was now a client I had access to soitimate ones, at least He owned a chain of funeral homes and crime scene cleanup companies

The irony of that did not escape me

The size and the power that Cristian wielded had not escaped me either He ran the city Subtly, without photo ops, without everyone knoho he was That only fed my fury, so I went back further, dove deeper into my research