Synopsis. Lila Moreno is a young woman balancing two jobs, a waitress by day and bartender by night. She does everything she can to get money to pay for her mother's medical bills. When she overhears a conversation at the bar she is intrigued which leads her to a peculiar proposition, she is desperate enough to listen. Luca DeLuca, the enigmatic and powerful heir to a notorious crime family offers her a way out of her financial problems, he offers to pay all her mothers hospital bills and a significant sum of money in exchange for becoming his mistress. The only catch? She must not only navigate his dangerous world of crime, but also guard her heart in the process. She should not under any circumstances fall in love with him. Lila accepts the deal purely for survival. Yet as she is drawn deeper into Luca’s dark twisted world, she begins to uncover the cracks in his seemingly impenetrable armor. Their relationship evolves into something neither of them anticipated an intricate dance of power, trust, and vulnerability. But the cost of their connection is high. As enemies close in and loyalties are tested, Lila must decide how far she is willing to go to protect the ones she loves and herself. In a world where morality is blurred and trust is a luxury, can love survive the darkness, or will it destroy them both?
View MoreLilaI reached up and tangled my fingers into his hair, holding his head as I kissed him back and met demand with demand. My hips rose up to thrust against him, and his taste and smell invaded me like a drug.My skin burned as all the pent up desire I had buried deep burst out of my body in a flood of heat. I was ravenous for my taste, for my hands to strip off my clothes and take me right there against the wall, and i reveled in his wild response that was so opposite to my rigid control.Control.An alarm bell rang in my head and cut through the mist of sexual fog.He had been drinking. If we were interrupted, he might calmly step away with a reasonable explanation to why sex would not be a good idea.The knowledge he had done it twice before skated along the edges of my mind, until I dragged my mouth from his and yanked the hair at the nape of his neck.His head shot up. He blinked as if coming to from a long sleep, and I caught the question held in his eyes. I made myself say the o
Lila. I knew he was going to kiss me, and I had plenty of time to pull away before he did, but I didn’t. Instead, i parted my lips, allowing him access inside my mouth as I hungrily tasted him. This was a mistake, kissing him, being alone with him in my room, but I couldn’t find the will to push him away. His admission had taken me by surprise. I had never expected him to acknowledge his behavior, let alone apologize for it. I had also never expected him to accuse me of being jealous, but there was no point in denying it because we both knew the truth. I had been jealous. And the only reason why I was even jealous was because I did indeed want him. Had for a long time, and apparently i was just too tired to fight it any longer. I had expended so much of my energy pushing him away for so long that it was almost a relief to give in. In the back of my mind, I heard the protest that I didn’t want to be added to this playboy’s list of play things, but I ignored my conscience. This was V
Luca I had contemplated not going to her, following her, but I had to. I felt like an asshole as i stood on the other side of Lila’s door. I had openly flirted with a few of the models today, hoping it would piss her off. Although, extremely childish, my actions had been harmless, my only goal being to prove to her what we had shared hadn’t been just nothing, and to also get a reaction out of her too. And certainly not something to chalk up to a wild, drunken Vegas night and just forget. But I did not expect it to get this bad, she was pissed no matter how good she was trying to hide it. I had expected to get a rise out of her, maybe incite her temper. What i never expected was to see the wounded look in her eyes before she sprinted out of there as fast as her legs could carry her. I had felt as if a knife was being twisted into my gut. In that moment I had made a final decision about what would happen next between us. Enough of the games. We were too old to be playing them anywa
Lila..I had expected things to be weird and arkward between us when I woke up, but it was like I had dreamed it all and Luca seemed to be back to his normal self. He has not mentioned what happened between us that night even once. He seemed to have moved on like nothing happened at all which was eating me up. It did not help that he was taking random trips from the house that lasted hours, I was sure he was meeting up with one of his many women or Vanessa since that woman seemed to be everywhere. He had also decided he wanted to partner in a new up coming swim line with Gucci, and I honestly believed he was using it as an excuse to pick up models. He also insisted I be present on all the meetings and presentations which was weird because I knew nothing about fashion or swimwear. I stared at Lucas who was transfixed by the tanned and gorgeous Brazilian model who had already taken three runway passes in front of him wearing nothing but a skimpy black bikini. “Evita, we are done wi
Lila.Sleep? Impossible.I had been tossing and turning for the past one hour hoping to eventually fall asleep with no luck. He was all I could think about, and how furious he looked. I have never seen that side of him before and I enjoyed it. Him being jealous over me. The more I try to quiet my mind, the louder it gets. I keep turning over what happened, how the night ended. Lewis eventually wandered off to find someone else to charm not that I minded. He was sweet, sure. Attractive, even. But I didn’t sit close to him because I wanted him.I didn't entertain him because I was attracted to him, Luca put me up to it and when I realized how much he was not okay with it, it got more interesting for me. Sure Lewis was handsome and he had that natural Italian charm, if I wasn't already in too deep with Luca, Lewis would have been very much my type. So when he showed interest in me, it was easy to flirt with him because I actually liked him, but I also did it because I knew Luca wo
Luca. My hands hung at my sides, empty. For one moment, I had been filled with her: her curves, her scent, her heat. Now I stood in the middle of the room, alone, just like I had on our wedding night.A married man with a hard on and no relief in sight. Amazed at my ridiculous predicament, I tried to go over the events of the evening and see where I had gone wrong.The moment I caught her with Lewis, a slow, steaming anger had risen up within me. The heat started at my feet, traveled to my stomach, my chest, and finally settled like a hot band around my head. If I was a horse, I would have snorted out smoke and stamped my hooves. If I was a wolf, I would have howled at the moon.Her hand had rested on the his arm. He must’ve been quite amusing, because she threw her head back and laughed, her cheeks flushed and rosy.Her full lips had gleamed under the chandelier light. They had acted like they were long time friends instead of people who had just met.But the worst was when she smil
Lila. “Congratulations, Luca . Lila tells me you are newlyweds. How difficult it must be to drag yourself to a business function, no?”“Absolutely.” His head lowered. My breath hitched as his lips grazed my lobe, and his nose nuzzled my ear. My nipples grew hard and tingly. I prayed my padded bra hid the evidence of my body’s betrayal.Michael watched the gesture with barely hidden amusement. “It seems Richard thinks you are the perfect man for the job. Perhaps we can set up a meeting to go over your ideas.”“Thank you. I’ll call your secretary and arrange an appointment.” I caught the clear cut simplicity in his tone, and knew Michael noticed. Luca didn’t play certain business games, namely being too arrogant to pick up the phone himself to call for an appointment.“Very good.” Michael took my hand and placed a kiss on my palm. “It was lovely to meet you, Lila .” His Italian accent caressed my name.“I’m having a dinner party for a few close friends two weeks from tonight. Would you
Lila. I decided it was time to find mu husband.Besides the brief time seated beside him at dinner, we had been out of each other’s company the whole night. Humming under my breath to the strains of “I Get a Kick out of You”, I checked the room but couldn’t pick him out of the crowd. I decided to make my way down the elaborate hallway. Maybe he had gone to the bathroom.My heels clicked against polished marble. The sounds of the music faded, and i studied the paintings on the wall with pleasure, murmuring to myself when i found one I recognized. My steps carried me around the next corner into a room that looked more like a gallery, filled with shelves of old, bound books carefully displayed. I held my breath as my fingers itched to caress the binding of old leather and relish the sound of crackling as I turned the pages steeped in history.“Ah, so to get you to notice me tonight, I should turn into a book, no?”I spun around. A man stood in the doorway, his eyes filled with a mischie
LucaLila was the most stubborn woman I had ever met in my life and every moment I thought I had her figured out, she would surprise me. It was one of the reasons I was so attracted and intrigued by her. She was not easy to read, she was a mystery. I watched her stalk across the room and cursed under my breath. Hell, I had done it again. I should have complimented her on the damn dress. She looked so good, the dress clinging to her every curve. She had her hair held up into a pony tail with curves which highlighted her long sexy neck. But nothing had prepared me for her entrance as she walked down the stairs, ready for the party.The electric blue dress dipped low in the front, clung to the edge of her shoulders, and fell down to the floor in magnificent, flowing folds of shimmering material shot with silver thread. Strappy silver sandals encased her feet, her hot pink toenails peeking out and playing hide and seek as she walked. Her hair was pinned high on her head, with corkscr
Chapter One. The scandal Luca. The notifications on my phone were going crazy, forcing me to wake up and actually pick up my phone. I had over ten missed calls from my father. What on earth was going on? He had sent me a link which I immediately clicked on.'MAFIA BOSS LUCA DELUCA SPOTTED LEAVING HOTEL WITH A FAMOUS POLITICIAN' S WIFE'For a second, I thought I was reading wrong when the headline popped up on my phone. I quickly scrolled through different blogs and my face was all over the blogs. "Have you looked at your phone today?" my friend Tony said walking into my room with his iPad in his hand. Tony was my personal advisor and best friend, he was the one persona that knew all my secrets, the good and the bad. Our relationship dated way back to college which is where we met, freshman year. I threw my phone at him, as I quickly got up and started dressing up. "This is bad Luca, especially with us in the middle of this acquisition." "I know, I will take care of it." "How...
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