Excerpt Blast: THE ONE-NIGHT HEIST by C. Rochelle!

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✨EXCERPT: THE ONE-NIGHT HEIST by C. Rochelle releasing August 28! 

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“Look at all these rich a**holes,” he muttered before glancing at me with a mild grimace. “Whoops. Sorry.”

I didn’t believe he was sorry in the least, but I managed to bury my amusement and instead, turned to gaze out over the crowd.

“It’s quite all right,” I replied. “Most everyone here was invited because of how rich they are.”

“Not me, though.” Rowen leaned his elbows on the mezzanine railing and peered at me over his shoulder. “We both know I’d burst into flames if I set foot in the auction house… so why did you invite me?”

I stepped forward and placed my hands on the railing, keeping my gaze fixed on my guests to not give too much away just yet. “I told you. I needed someone with your background—”

“As an art thief?” he interrupted, simultaneously unnerving and delighting me with his bluntness. “I’m gonna be honest, Giancarlo. It seems a little irresponsible of you to invite someone like me into your home—”

“Call me Giano,” I blurted out. “And I trust you.”

“You shouldn’t,” he fired back, straightening and turning to stare at me from inches away, jaw clenched. “You really shouldn’t, because I grabbed this… I don’t even know what it is… when we were on our way up here…”

My gaze dropped to where he was holding a small glass paperweight I recalled Mother buying while vacationing in Italy.

He… stole from me?

I was speechless and more turned on than I’d ever been in my life. It was only thanks to my practiced self-control that I didn’t throw him over my shoulder and carry him upstairs, audience be damned.

Misinterpreting my silence, Rowen shoved the contraband at me. “Jesus, just… take it. You got me feeling bad over a f**king knickknack.”

This man was everything I’d been denied up until now, and I was craving a taste—of him and what he represented.

The perfect little rebellion.

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