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I wanted her to shs to me like she did with him

Did that s like that? No on both counts

But it didn't change the truth

I didn't even bother to excuse s, walking back toward the front door, figuring I would go outside and talk to the new guard shift, knowing I needed to feed them a story but not the whole truth

But as I pulled the door open, I froze, finding the last person I expected standing there

Matteo

There was a family resembla

nce We had the same skin color, the same eyes, the same fit builds We had the same dark hair color as well, but where I kept , a wavy mass around his shoulders or tied up Today, it was down

I wasn't sure I ever saw Matteo in a suit unless he had to be And he didn't have one on thisthere in black jeans and a white tee, looking rested and carefree

"What are you doing here?" I asked, wondering if our father had demanded he pitch in

"I heard we have a situation," he told

"You heard we had a situation, or you heard we had a beautiful wo a smirk out of him as he reached up to rub the back of his neck

"Well, s," he admitted

"How much have you been told?"

"Noton is not for everyone to know"