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Chapter One hundred -Two

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DANCE WITH THE DEVIL

~LAUREN'S POV~

I sat across from Isabella at the lakeside café, watching her stir her tea with practiced elegance. Four days in Geneva had felt like stepping into another life—one where I belonged in this world of old money and older secrets.

"More pastry, dear?" Isabella offered, pushing the plate of croissants toward me.

"I shouldn't," I laughed. "My clothes barely fit after all the food you've been feeding me."

Isabella waved dismissively. "Nonsense. You Americans are too concerned with size. In my day, curves were celebrated."

I took a croissant, unable to resist. Something about Isabella made it impossible to say no to her. She had the same magnetic pull as her son, but where Alexandro commanded, Isabella charmed.

"Speaking of celebrating," she said, her green eyes—so like Alexandro's—twinkling with mischief, "tell me more about how you met my son. The real story, not the polite version you told me the first day."

I nearly choked on my pastry. "What makes you
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