Vito’s POVI tried to hide my smile as I played with the curl of my gun under the table, my eyes locked on my kitten. Isn’t he just cute? Sebastian stood protectively behind his stepbrother, Lorenzo, while the rest of us went through the motions of a business proposal. I was already certain it would collapse. Lorenzo was too hotheaded, and my brother bowed to no one except our father. The whole meeting was a waste of time.I sat beside Matteo, pretending to listen and failing completely. Their voices blurred into background noise.All I could see was him.Come on, I thought, staring hard enough to burn. Don’t be a coward.Look at me.Sebastian’s jaw tightened.For a long moment he kept his eyes fixed somewhere over Lorenzo’s shoulder, pretending I didn’t exist. The little coward. I dragged the tip of my finger slowly along the curve of the gun under the table, patient, almost fond.Then, finally, he looked.Just a flick of those dark eyes—quick, sharp, furious. There he was. My kitte
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