My Kidney For His Mistress: Never Again

agging me back to the sharp scent of an

clear fluids this time. The curtain between my bed and the ne

"She gave you a kidney. Then she gave you her blood when she could barely

he innate arrogance was untouched. "Elena is tough.

resigned, Dante. She left her

words. "She has nowhere else to go. Her father sold her to me. She is my p

rope

r. Not his lov

pened, signaled by the s

-pitched, frantic. "The thunder

t storm was break

voice instantly softening into that

begged. "Please. The nu

p me up," Da

sion," Matteo argued. "

me up, or I'll rip t

f linens, the grunt

I turned my head just enough

a hospital gown, looking like death warmed over. But he

ht past the f

. He didn't ask the nurse in the hall how

fe twice in one week to go hold the hand of t

strange sensation washed over me.

as p

last little thread of hope that

of the empty room, it mus

my packing. Dante walked in. He looked better, the colo

ing had happened. "I'm glad you're home. T

arn," I said, smooth

to make it up to you. We'll have a private engagement party. Just t

cluding his mistress from his fiancée's eng

," I

rised by how eas

A party soun

Enzo's plane landed. I could pl

id, reaching out t

't lean into it. I stoo

he noted, pulli

lied. "I lost a lo

it passed quickly. "Right. Thank you for that. I'll b

y to pour him

ought. Enjoy the silence. Because the storm