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Mirabella
Cole looked at me like I had just peeled off a mask. “Is there something you are not telling me, Lena?”
I snapped my gaze from Theo to him, shaking my head so hard I thought it might shift the doubt in his eyes. “I promise I can explain.”
He bit into his lower lip and folded his arms, his chest puffed slightly in restraint. “I hear you,” he said, then casually added, “Go ahead. Are you sure all this is still business? I mean, this guy shows up at our house with a little boy, and now the child is calling you mommy?”
A cold silence draped the room. Theo clung to my thigh, wiping his runny nose on my clothing.
“Lena,” Cole pressed, his voice firmer this time. “Are you sure all this is still business?” His patience was thinning, I could tell.
I glanced over at Ethan, who s
