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    Allegra took a deep breath and pulled out her phone to watch the minutes tick by. What was taking him so long? Her phone beeped, and she saw a message from Finn that the commercial had just now wrapped. Allegra typed in the address of the Bellerose show and told him to wear the nicest suit he had. Where her show was pretty laid back in terms of theatrics, Bellerose was going to the max.
    “Okay, all clear.”
    Allegra rushed past the officer and slammed the door to her bedroom. She was stripped out of her clothes before she even reached the closet. She grabbed the black lace mini dress David and Josh had designed for her before wedging her feet into six-inch hot pink stiletto boots fashioned to look like a rose blossom.
    Rushing out of the closet, Allegra tried not to fall as she leapt into the bathroom to redo her hair and makeup. She heard the doorbell and the officer answering it. Since he didn’t come get her, she figured it wasn’t important and hurried to grab her small clutch before running—more like tippy-toe dancing—her way down the hall as fast as she could.
    “Let’s go,” she called before slamming into the back of the officer. “What? Come on!” But then Allegra looked around him at the single white rose on her coffee table with a red envelope next to it.
    “This just arrived. I have officers talking to the doorman. I think you better stay here.”
    Allegra was in too much of a hurry to be scared. “Then he would win. This is a huge fashion show. I can’t miss it.” Allegra grabbed the envelope and ripped it open. “Well, at least he can say more than one word now.”
    You’re mine and mine alone. Always mine, Allegra.
    “That implies you were his at one time. Officers are on their way and your Secret Service buddy has been called.”
    “I already know who it is. Harry Daniels. I’ve told you all this before.”
    “Yes, but we can’t find him. And we have to make sure it’s not someone else.”
    Allegra opened the door and made shooing motions with her hands. “Come on. You can quiz me all about it in the car. Do you have a siren?”
     
    He smiled into the shadows as he watched his wife run out the front door of her building. He watched her all the time and knew the look on her face. She had received his gift. Pride swelled in his heart. He’d given his wife a gift, and she loved it. He could tell. Her driver hurried to open the door before she did. Oh, she was beautiful tonight. Although that skirt was a bit short. What a filthy whore she was. She was supposed to wear things like that for him and him alone. Anger and excitement pulsed through his body. She would learn soon enough that no one rejected him. No one, especially his soon-to-be wife.
    “Soon, Allegra, soon.”
     
    * * *
     
    Finn found the annoyed assistant with a headpiece standing outside the door to the Bellerose show. “Finn Williams?”
    “That’s me,” Finn said with a smile. This guy couldn’t be more than five and a half feet tall. A wet dishrag probably weighed more, but the cold indifferent stare on his face had Finn alternately laughing and respecting him. This guy wouldn’t be a pushover.
    “Here’s your ticket; let me take you to your seat. The show starts in a few minutes.”
    “Is Allegra here yet?”
    “No,” the assistant said in a huff. “But these parent house types are always like that. She’ll probably get here ten seconds before the show starts. They’re so dramatic.”
    Finn covered his laugh with a cough and followed the man to a seat in the front row. The man gave a curt nod and hurried back out front, presumably to wait for Allegra.
    He took his seat and ignored the giggling actress next to him. “Hey, man. Don’t I know you?” Finn looked around the actress to the man he had seen hugging Allegra weeks ago. “That’s right. You know Leggy.”
    Finn felt his blood boil. He’d always been a relaxed dater. If things worked, great. If not, great. He was never overprotective.