TEN – ONLY THE BEGINNING

MASON

I can boldly swear that I have never met a more stubborn woman.

What woman would rather go to prison than get paid fifty million dollars?

Mira Fernandez.

I wasn't lying when I said she intrigues me. I have never seen anyone like her. If she slips through my fingers now, I might never meet someone like her ever again.

She's a beautiful mystery. One I intend to unravel layer by mysterious layer.

She refused me. She lied to me. Now I find out she's a thief as well?

I want this little Italian firecracker. I want her very much. And I will have her.

My name is Mason Lachlan, and I always get what I want.

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MIRA

Fear. That is the foremost of all emotions roiling through me at the moment. Anger comes a close second.

I snatch the black card from the table and give it a quick glance. Hollywood Boulevard. Typical.

I run into the bathroom, hastily carrying out my morning routine. I need a plan, and I need one, quick.

***

Thirty minutes later, I'm ready to go. My heart is racing, I'm pan