LUCIANO Something was up with Rose. She had not been restless or distracted at any of our meetings. Instead, she had been the cure for my discomposure, but today she had stayed quiet all the way, while I had driven us from Boston to Maine. She had slept half the way, and the little she talked, her
She scoffed with disbelief and mocked, “I’m sure I already have a ticket reserved for hell, especially for the things I’ve done with you.” “If that’s where sex sends people, you better wish heaven’s not where you go to. What’s the point of living when the drive of desire, passion and lust are consi
I glanced down at my shirt and scoffed. “I’m human, Rose. Suits and blazers and tuxedos are all for work and official meetings.” “Okay, now please do your job,” she commanded. I leaned toward her glistening slit and made a shallow lick with my tongue, her sweet and equally spicy taste sending bloo
Our bodies were covered in sweat at the friction of them. “You want me to go faster?” She nodded at my words and I increased the pace of my thrusts. “Like this.” She could not speak and twisted her head around to steal a look at my face. Instead, the look on hers made my stomach tighten. No one ha
ROSALINE Terenzio was outside the gym to pick me up. A part of me did not want to go, fearful of what he might have to say, but I had to give him a chance to explain himself, only for Dom’s sake. My brother would never choose a man who would think of me as any less important, even if he were the la
“How far are we?” “Five minutes,” Terenzio murmured. I twisted my head to the back to watch the car, but relief washed over me, seeing the chasers far behind. “Dom, they’ve slowed down,” I said into the phone. In seconds, it disappeared into one of the blocks. I examined the road ahead and the tur
ROSALINE Paulina held my phone, her eyes focused on the screen while I sat in one corner of her room, biting into my cubicle. It had been three days since I had received the pictures, and every time Dom’s phone had chimed, my heart raced. I could not live like this anymore—with fear snaking around
If these photographs spread, I would be the one in trouble, whereas he would be the man who, as I guessed everyone would say, had plucked one of the forbidden apples of Cosa Nostra. *** LUCIANO Everything had been falling in order. The alliance with the Callahans was to be signed in a week or two