The Don's Regret: Losing His Life Saver

ds and holding him while he screamed in pain. I was the one who taught C

laimed his seat as Do

the woman who fled when he was crippled-and laughed as

d a fall, he shoved me aside with enough fo

e in the eye, saw me trapped under debris, and

head because she lied abo

ls go back in the box when the job is done. They th

illion and vanish

York. Not as his nurse, but as the

r, the King of New York finally realize

pte

ind

s, of scrubbing the metallic scent of blood from his ha

onds for Coleton Barron to rem

aped over my arm like a mark of servitude, watching the man I had

enough to vibrate in my chest, masking

ation of Coleton officially taking the seat of

was the one who held the bucket while he retched f

ht, I was

. They were lethal men in expensive suits, holding

his voice a low rumble. "You did a mira

en is the Boss going to make it official? You've been living in th

ckles turning white. "I'm just his nurse

. "He looks at you like you

lf to look ac

, dangerous, and devastatingly handsome in his tailored suit. The cane in his

t to him was

ho dripped money and danger. She had vanished when Co

ade the group laugh. He drape

sive claim. A t

y liquid courage. "When are you gonna gi

The conversation in the V

his cold, gray

rk of the penthouse. He looked at me like I was a loose thread

It was a dry

e water. "She's just a friend. The best hired hands in the

my lungs. *

into him. "See? I told

in her heels, holding a glass of red wine. She l

ss circling a w

, fake trip-sending her w

I stepped forward

instinct wasn't to catch her.

out!" h

Charly to regain her balance. He didn't check his s

ulder with the forc

My heels slippe

shed up to meet me, but not before the back o

ra

the music. It echoed insid

, si

fresh wound on my skull. I sank, watching the distor

n the tiles, coughing and shivering. Blood trickled down my n

an cursed, pressing

p, my visi

He was holding Charly's face

he asked her. "Did t

lancing at me with a triump

at me. His eyes were void

Jaydan, then turned his back.

e world tilted violently

n't Co

eding head with disdain, then reached into her clutch. Sh

ebt is paid. You were a tool, Arminda. Tools go back in the box

mixed with the pool water on the p

oleton's back

r turne