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When we reached our table, the rest of the group was talking about one thing or the other like they hadn’t even noticed we’d left, but the way Lucas smirked when he saw my hand in Alex’s said otherwise. “The bill’s two hundred bucks per person,” Nico informed us, placing his money in the tab. My stomach plummeted, but I tried to keep my face blank. Two hundred dollars was more than I got paid in two weeks. Although I still had some of Matteo’s hush money, I wasn’t happy about spending it at a restaurant. “It’s on me tonight,” Matteo announced. I stilled. He pulled a wad of cash out of his wallet and held it out to Nico, who began to hand back money to anyone who had already paid. My chest warmed with gratitude at the way Matteo had spared me from having to pay, without putting me