MarcoFrancesco escorted a woman across the marble steps toward me. She was wearing a lush red dress that clung to her like a second skin. Her heels clicked with confidence, hips swaying like she knew what I wanted.Long dark hair, porcelain skin, light blue eyes—not as intense as hers, but the resemblance was enough to twist something in my gut.Francesco stopped in front of me, a scowl on his face. “She looks like her,” he muttered.“Don’t,” I said flatly, already lighting a cigarette.He gave a quiet snort. “Right. You’re working on it.”“I am.”“Yeah, sure,” he muttered under his breath.I didn’t think he believed me, and usually, I’d have taken the time to convince him, but I wasn’t feeling up to it. We had still not recovered our losses when the Chellinis struck.Six had been quiet for days, which was unlike him, but that only heightened my anxiety—the wait, not knowing who was next. It didn’t help that I had this high society function that I couldn’t miss, even though the last
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