Chapter 43: Dinner at Dante's

The invitation arrived on thick, cream-colored cardstock. Elegant, but heavy.

"Aria—Strategy requires privacy. For the future of the company. Dinner. Dante's. 8 PM."

Aria held it for Lucian.

"He's desperate," she said, scanning the note. "Begging, threatening... maybe confessing. Probably all three."

Aria smiled weakly. "He'll give me something. Desperate men always do. Even if it's just his own neck in a noose."

DANTE RESTAURANT ~ NEW YORK

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