<p>I shouldn&rsquo;t have remembered him.<br />
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He was just a guy who walked through a restaurant. I didn&#39;t know his name. We never made eye contact. There was no connection between us at all.<br />
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But I could feel him.<br />
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The tingle down my spine. The command in his presence. The snap of tension in the air around him. That was the first time I saw him, and I was captivated.<br />
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The second time was different.<br />
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He was in the mysterious back elevator of my apartment building. Our eyes met for a fleeting second before the doors closed, and I was staggered. My breath was robbed. My senses on high alert. My body hummed.<br />
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That was just the beginning.<br />
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He was the leader of the mafia. I was about to fall in love with him, and his name&hellip;<br />
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Cole Mauricio.<br />
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<strong>**Full length stand-alone</strong></p>