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LILY.

My phone buzzed for the thousandth time in four hours, and looking down at the screen, a small, annoyed smile curved my lips.

"Adler?" Tamara nudged me gently with her shoulder, and all thanks to the blue and red lights in the club, I could see the sly smirk on her face. "Girl, that man wants to be all up in your business."

She should know. Because the last time I picked up Adler's call, he had informed me how he was done with the meeting with Luigi and was off to shore. Telling me I could take my time, so why couldn't he leave my phone alone?

'Oh, Adler' I dropped the phone screen to the table and laughed, "I'm sure he just wants to ask if I need a ride back to the manor."

"Or ask if you're drinking, or ask if your feet hurt, or ask if we're stressing you," Tamara counted with her fingers, then taking her glass of punch from the table, pouted, "I wish I had someone who'd bug me like that."

Antonio appeared behind her, wrapping his arms around her neck and kissin