Chapter 29: Doing It Her Way?
The first step was to stop thinking like Salvatore.
Cielle had spent the past few nights analyzing his methods, taking notes from his effortless charm, his ability to slip into conversations like he belonged, the way people opened up to him without realizing they were giving him exactly what he wanted. But no matter how many times she replayed his tactics in her head, she knew one thing—she wasn’t Salvatore.
So, if she was going to do this, she had to do it her way.
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Her goal for the night was simple: find out which café in the area served the best cake. It was a low-stakes mission, something to practice with, to see if she could blend into conversations and extract information without anyone realizing she was doing it.
Two birds, one stone. She’d get s
