"The contract?" I repeated, staring at him. "Lorenzo, you just had a bullet dug out of your shoulder. We just killed a man. Why are you talking about the contract?"Lorenzo didn't look at me. He picked up a tablet Giovanni had left on the table. He tapped the screen with his good hand."According to the terms," Lorenzo said, his voice flat and monotonous, "our agreement was simple. You pose as my wife to help me secure the company. In exchange, I pay off your debts and give you a stipend.""Lorenzo, stop," I said, stepping closer. "We are way past that. You know we are.""Are we?"He finally looked up. His eyes were like black glass. Hard. Reflective. Empty."The company is gone, Chloe. Sterling is dead. The mission is over. There is no longer a strategic need for a wife."I felt like he had slapped me."Strategic need?" I laughed, a sharp, hysterical sound. "Is that what I am? A strategy? Lorenzo, I jumped in
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