Blood Ties:Becoming A Mobster's Wife

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hore of the unusually wide pond behind the east wing of the mansion, completely oblivious of my surroundings. I looked around the area and immediately turned giddy

my lips. My arms flew around madly as I tried to stop myself from falling into the water. As I shut my eyes, almost certain that I

but definitely as deep as his with that unnerving Italia

n that accent ge

d edging me away from the water. I looked up at his face and I almost melted from the look in his eyes. His ruggedness was a clear sign of h

atures didn't make their way to his ocean blue e

ed down at the hand he offered, looked up at him and looked back down at the hand before I

nodding my head

He asked after a moment a

ed and decided to go for

is. Especially when you're a stranger to the surroundings. Stra

got a smile. As he opened his mouth to answer, a tone blared through the quiet area and he fis

on me and played with the edges as he remained silent for a moment long. Then he said, "Yes, I found her by the pond.

kay, we're on our way" he said, then he hung up the

ead of him and I moved my feet towards the direction of the east wing. I tripped over my fo

led us back t

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arm still wrapped around my shoulders. Roman, ever in that dominating aura, was sitting be

way Roman was shooting lasers at him or maybe he just decided to ignore him, led me towards Roman's desk. What felt like a lifetime later, Roman looked up at me, jaws locked and

test the dangerous waters, so I lowered myself onto the leather chair on the left while the othe

commanding tone. I might've been imagining it but I could've sworn he briefly closed his

he n

med the courhouse

. Everything

o, completely clueless

everything in me not to squirm under his gaze

him on in a s

etting m

e sworn it took a lifetime for me to find my vo

e. I guess I'd always been a timid little thing and maybe beca

t surprisingly didn't faze me at all. "Don't think you would be getting anything out of this, Cara. You'll play the role of m

using me?" I fr

ner of my eyes, I saw Vincenzo giving him a very nasty,

p slowly. Roman watched me like a hawk he'd

ut, before he nodded his head and waved me off. I turned around, offere

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the marbled fire place gave the room a rusty glow, turning skins into br

ripping pistol, naked skin, everything. I couldn't help myself. I moved my feet towards the bed and bent d

fficially a

ands subconsciously clung the sheets as those eyes that reminded me so much

ing his skin left trails mixed with the swirls of dark ink in his body. His tattoos weren't just a sign he was one of the deadli

at predatory look and I could swear he almost bared his teeth like an animal. I wanted to take steps back away from h

nted to

he wanted to see me in the middle of the night in the first pla

asant from a distance but s

e summoned me for, his next word