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When I didn’t answer, he continued, “Honesty, Catalina. You’re standing as if you’re ready to bolt or to fight and at the same time, I sense a frightened doe. It’s true I’m the predator, one who knows the stench of fear. I’ve smelled it from men before I kill them, enemies and famiglia alike. I trust very few people.”
“Is that what you’re going to do—kill me now that the deal is done?”
He scoffed. “That would be counterproductive to our marriage, don’t you think?”
“I have fire.” I met his dark gaze. “I also have a sense of self-preservation. The second dictates when I show the first.”
Dario nodded. “You wore white, making my mother and the other women in the famiglia very happy. That’s self-
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