“That’d be excellent,” she rejoiced. I turned back to Bella, who was right across from me, looking at me as if she had caught a lie. She was excellent at reading people, which was only going to be a problem for me. Avoiding her gaze, I looked at Alessia. A few weeks ago, if anyone had asked me to
LUCIANO I sat on the couch beside Pietro and took the tumbler of scotch from his hands. He had not said a word since I had entered his penthouse, which was unusual. It had to be because of the quarrel we had had the other day. “Is there something I should know?” He shook his head, making me frown
“We already have enough sea and air trades, if that’s what you’re suggesting.” “No, it’s not that,” he clarified. “I was thinking about focusing more on our road trade since that is the problem. Every other alternative is covered.” Receiving a hum of approval from me, he continued, “The Bandidos bi
“Yes, boss.” *** ROSALINE “How was your trip to your mother’s?” Paulina asked the sound of the purring tattoo machine echoing in my ears. I huffed. “The usual. She and her husband are too good to be true people.” “You say it like it’s not good.” “Everything about them is so perfect that someti
ROSALINE “Behave,” Dom said, scanning Terenzio from top to bottom when we reached the main gate of the Arena. Dom never talked his heart out to anyone, because he did not enjoy showing his weak side. He had always said that I was the last string binding him to the only part of him that still belie
The announcer got on the stage and began the event, the cheers of men filling the room. Every boxer was equally frightening, with tattoos and scars and wounds and bandages. The first round began with two men greeting each other with a simple handshake and a nod, which turned bloody very soon. They
He wrapped his hands around my waist, and his warm breath fell on my ear. I wanted to melt into his body, not caring if I was caught. I wished I could forget about Dom and Adonis and give in to my inner turmoil that wanted to devour De Luca and be ruined by him. “I know you feel it too,” he mumbled
LUCIANO The first time I had felt uncontrolled anger was when a man had accidentally bumped into my mother’s chest at a mall. I did not need Ma to say aloud what had happened, but the way her face had reddened, the way she had stammered and her entire body had shaken, I knew what that man had done.