THE MAFIA BOSS’S THREE-YEAR-OLD NIECE SECRETLY LED HIM UPSTAIRS—THEN HE HEARD HIS FIANCÉE THREATEN THE MAID AND WHISPER, “CHILDREN DISAPPEAR TOO”
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Chapter 8 - VIVIEN NOTICED
Vivien realized Elena moved.
“Why?”
“Mother requested her.”
Lie.
Vivien smiled.
“Since when does your mother make staffing decisions?”
“Since always.”
She studied me.
Then kissed my cheek.
“Sometimes I wonder if you trust me.”
I looked directly at her.
“I intend to marry you.”
Not an answer.
She heard that.
Good.
That night somebody entered Bianca’s cottage.
Security camera went dark for seven minutes.
Nothing stolen.
Because the pendant was already in my safe.
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But now Vivien knew we had moved it.
She was becoming desperate.
