ll of rich whiskey and burning wood. I stood barefoot on the dark hardwood floor, the fl
, sat Damien Falcone. He didn't look up immediately. The scratch of hi
low, gravelly command that
d bowed. I stopped a few feet from his d
s as a winter storm-swept over my body. He took in the La Perla lingerie,
yes locked onto the vicious purple bruise blooming o
spoken, devoid of any inflection, yet they car
loor, playing the broken capt
on on his intercom. A second later, the heavy oak doors op
d his chin toward my face. "Find out who touched her,"
t a flicker of hesitation, turning
ed shut. We we
his tailored Italian suit doing nothing to hide the sheer, brutal power of his p
ised a hand, his long, calloused fingers gripping my chin with an inescapable force. He tilt
rror of being this close to the Underboss, combined with the agonizing adrenaline c
of dizziness hit me so har
psed fo
ore I hit the floor. The momentum carried us both, and I found myself crashing into his ches
re pressed flush against the iron-hard muscles of his thighs and chest. The in
ambled, pressing my hands agains
the sound vibratin
his other hand shackled my delicate wrist, pinning me against h
rrifying shift in our dynamic
lap. Instantly, a flash of lethal intent crossed Hanson's face. He thought I was a seductress, a dirty Rossi trying to
ned Hanson to the floor with a glare s
nded. Two words, drippin
ad. He backed out immediately, pulli
before. I was trapped in the arms of the devil, my heart ham
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