Iris POV “I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude to you,” I said. “I want to thank you for everything you did this evening… especially during the dinner.” His eyebrows wrinkled together in a thoughtful expression as he raised his glass to his lips and took a slow deliberate sip. After putting the glass down he looked up with a questioning gaze and asked “Can you please tell me exactly what it is that I did?” There was a slight hint of sarcasm in the way he spoke making it clear that he was not entirely serious. “You stood up to Don Campani,” I said feeling the memory come back to me very clearly. “You had the chance to just hand me over to him. But you chose not to do that. I have to say that took a lot of courage.” Raf shrugged his shoulders and it seemed like his

