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“Well, since you’re a sapiosexual,” he said with a grin, “you can consider it foreplay.”

In spite of myself, I swallowed hard.

The sensations I’d been feeling all along…

The heat in my face and chest… the tingling in my nipples…

The surprising wetness between my legs…

It was all intensifying.

I was actually considering it. Slipping off with him to somewhere private, that is.

I knew it wasn’t wise.

In that moment, I wasn’t detached and logical.

I had been drawn in by Niccolo’s words…

His voice…

His eyes.

There was something about them –

The way they twinkled as he looked at me –

The subtle way they undressed me…

And caressed my body.

All of it…

Everything about him…

Made me want to take a chance.

That was when I told myself the first lie.

Maybe I can find out a little bit more about my enemy…

The better to understand how to defeat him.

I looked over to find Fausto and Aurelio, to see if they were watching –

And everything suddenly changed.

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Fausto was in the receiving line for the bride and groom.

He said something to the bride, who smiled politely.

I could see the confusion on her face, though, as she tried to figure out who he was.

Bianca’s face was quite expressive. You could practically read her thoughts.

She would’ve made aterriblepoker player.

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