My Kidney For His Mistress: Never Again

te engagement party," D

Maserati down the highway. "My enemies think I'm weak bec

blurred lights of Chicago. "Is

s buzzing on the console. Sofia. He ignored it,

rang again

ed. "Sofia, I told

. His face

dropping to a lethal growl. "If yo

lently across three lanes of traffic that my head sla

lutching the dashboa

re ice. "They took Sofia from the safe hous

gize for the U-turn. He floored the accelera

as an industrial wasteland, dark and aband

e of them held Sofia. She was sobb

o a halt. He jump

go!" he

om the impact against the window, and the

brow, laughed. "The great Dante Moretti. We heard you were g

e bargained. "L

want territory. And we wa

abbed me before I could react. They dr

e. Below us, the Chicago River was a b

oice carrying over the wind. "You can

and trembling. Then he looked at me. I stood st

na is trained! She can handle herself!

oared. He shoved Sofia

e lu

r the gunman. He d

Sofia, tackling him away from the ed

g me smiled. "

hove

dge receding. I saw Dante on the ground, covering Sofia, che

the

ves stabbing every inch of my skin. The curr

the river take me. I thought abo

's face in the

ought my way to the surface, gasping

mile downstream. I was shivering so har

ad. The driver looked terrified but took me to th

rmal blankets, when Dante final

ieved but annoyed. "Thank

whispered. My

knew you were a strong swimmer. You were captain of the swim team in high

could have been unconscio

ity with a wave of his hand. "You're fine. Look at

ot you

'll make it up to you. There's a charity auction tomorrow.

houlder, the wet blanket d

Elena. I had to. Yo

him. Really

ly. "I understand

that my duty

d. "Tomorrow we go shopp

y to go check on

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ore day, and I would bur