A Second Time Around
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Shyanne Barrett never believed in danger until she met him.
Quiet, shy, and book-smart, she spent her school years keeping to herself - never causing trouble, never drawing attention. But trouble found her anyway the day Vandel Foster walked into her classroom.
He was silent, mysterious, untouchable - the boy no one asked questions about.
Rumor said rich.
Truth said mafia.
She was the only girl he ever looked at. The only one he ever touched. The only secret he refused to let go of.
Before their story could become more, he disappeared... no goodbye, no explanation.
Years later, Shyanne is twenty-four - a newly graduated lawyer with a clean reputation, a quiet life, and a heart she never gave to anyone else. She thinks she'll never see him again.
Until her new client walks into the courtroom.
The same eyes.
The same voice.
The same man she tried to forget.
Only now he isn't a boy hiding who he is -
He's the heir to a mafia empire... and he didn't come back to lose her a second time.
And this time, he's not asking.
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