A certain aroused male

Robert Samuelson?

My heart raced in my chest.

He went to that extent to take his revenge? He used his friendship with a crime lord to kidnap me. What would he do then? Kill me?

My grip on Syl tightened. I had faced many dangerous debt collectors and goons before. But this time, it was too much.

His warm hands cupped my cheeks. Intense icy blue eyes held me captive. "Cuore mio, don't worry about him. He knows who is standing in his way before he can harm you. And that piece of shit doesn't have that much guts to face me. That's why he went under his friend's wing. But now even that gang leader can't help him. No one can save him from my hands now. Consider him gone."

The venom in his voice soothed the burn in my chest. The determination in his dark eyes comforted me. Now considering what that man could do to me, Syl's torturing him didn't feel as bad as it felt earlier.

All of this created havoc in my head. I wanted to hide in his arms and thank him for keeping me safe, but something