ella
ack. The velvet comforter fell away, exposing me to the chill of the room
en I am speaking to you," he wa
the Don's wrath. "And do not forget the first co
nt he signed them. I didn't bother explaining. Instead, I ca
head out, her fac
band of the fi
ifying gaze. "My lady has the right to wake
nt urge to reassert his dominance. But a Don's word was his bond. To break the contract on the very first day wa
barked at the guard stationed outside t
e for a contract. I smiled into my pillow
awake near noon. Damien was sitting in the velvet armchair opposite the bed, a boo
d-" he began, his bariton
the dark, bruising marks he had left across my collarbone. "If you hadn't been so.
he reprimand died ins
lined up three bullets of red lipstick on the silver tray and pushed them toward his re
cked the deepest, blood-red shade and applied it meticulously. I stood, walking over to his chair, and leaned
the fragrance?
a stiff, barely percep
laugh, pulling ba
it was well past lunch. The glass room was suffocatingly warm,
. She didn't look up immediately. She took her time, taking a slow sip from her bone china teacup befo
tly polite but laced with unmistakable venom. "I thought
me, offering no excuse f
. "Maria, go fetch Sophia and Gloria. And see if Angelina has finished her
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