Alessa's heart skipped a beat at the sound of her real name. Her fork froze mid-air, a piece of the egg she was eating was left dangling. She forced herself to chew slowly, as she kept thinking fast. How did he find out? She had thought that she was so careful. Her alias, Diana, was the best she has ever used or so she thought.She swallowed the bite and set her fork down, her expression calm but she could hear her pulse sounding in her ears. "Alessia Romano?" she repeated, bending her head slightly as if she was amused. "I'm sorry you've mistaken me for someone else, signore Marco."Luca leaned back into his chair, his dark eyes shone with amusement and something sharper, something scary maybe, danger! "Oh, I don't think so," he said, his voice low and smooth, like a soft bed linen. "You see, I have a very good memory for faces. And names. Especially when they belong to someone who tried to kill me."Alessa's stomach rumbled as she was uneasy at this point, but she kept her face neut
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