The Mafia's Stripper Bride

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e a thousand arrows were pier

for what happened. But the more I tried, the blurrier the images in my head became. Unti

s. Being hauled int

s in the middle of

y surroundings. Thoughts of my sick father reeled

ally hope

n't even be an option. I was sure Leandro probably had his men hold

I couldn't shake off the feeling

irtless with just pants on, casually strolling

ch step bringing him closer to me. "You know I expected t

s no way I would have been stupid enou

r from his breast pocket an

for this?" he

he bedspread like my life de

e retreated the cigarette, lit it

you s

s" my voice sounded more c

e from his throat, send

ad shoulders towering above mine. My heart pounded fa

huddling myself deeper

trailed off when a huge lump formed out of fear, in my throat.

, drew me closer to himself. I gulped

hing I felt was his fist slamming int

but he pulled me closer to himself

I choked out, "please

robbing him, particularly because of the little disagreement we had after I stepped out of

time blood gushed out of my lips, cascading free

he side, making my fingers spasm with reckless pain. I yelped and tried to scurry awa

the room, a feeling of dread washed over me. With hazy eyes, I mat

something good nudged at me, filling me with a

lf and f

gged me to the bed. I couldn't even struggle, not

were done, they glanced at Leandro. With a curt nod, he s

stioned, after a moment of silence between us, d

and strode to the bed

thinking you could get away with it just b

ling. "It wasn't an intentional act, I

n, taking a seat beside m

ey after I r-r-robbed you of every p-penny I could lay my ha

led.

loset but the half baked words died on my tongue when Leandro reache

nd now you lie? You really

to my breasts, but when his words replayed in my head again, I was forced t

ers trace the line of my nipples. Ang

off me," I yelle

nd then like a ticking time bomb, his

fighter, a survivor, always have been and always will be. I've survived worse before in the hands of men li

small blade. My eyes widened at the sight o

ead my mind, he

d to sit up on the bed but he shoved me back

fr

edding is in 30 minutes. Think of this as my opening act" He grow

n fear, an image of the knife slicing through my body had already begun forming in my head unt

ed, waiting to hear the sound of the door slamming shut. And when

y entire being was vengeance – making Giovanni suffer for h

would be repaid no matter what it took. I wo