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But the man checked his phone a lot

There was al seen it

Shit

And I was now stuck with him

I couldn't run away like every instinct in me told me to do

I had to face him

And deal with the consequences

Resolved to that fate, I grabbed clothes andthrough theto convincedeal It wasn't like I'd told hile of that kiss down to the soles of es of my hair

I just said he couldn't kiss people like that

I could possibly even swing that if I tried

Decision made, I took a deep breath, and h I kneas a front, that I was rocking in anxiety inside

All in vain, though

Because as I followed the sounds of masculine voices into the kitchen, I didn't hear Luca

I didn't find him there, either

Dario and Matteo were in the kitchen, backs to me as they had some sort of discussion about business From what I could tell, Dario was upset about some extortion scheme he came up with that Luca had told him was a bad idea