The Mafia's Undercover Princess

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ourmet performance. I tried to pretend I didn't see it, but let's be honest-my peripheral vision was workin

tened a little. There was even a smile- real one at that. Not the mockin

handsome, but now-with that smile-he was on a whole new level of

dle your body in the way that would make you scream for me," he sai

t of nowhere and wasn't necessary now only if he has r

't need to think about what line to use next. Like he meant every word. I wouldn't blame him because

y, arching a brow. "Did

d across the table. "Trust me, sweetheart.

y brain short-circuited as I fo

aybe the ambiance of being stared at like a walking fantasy heightened the taste. Who knows? Either w

range kind of calm in the air, like the quiet before a storm.

was something honest-almost painfully blunt-in h

the steady thump of his heart was oddly comforting. He wore only little shorts that could be mistaken for

to focus. 'Don't look down.' I

ed. But only

into a V-shaped torso that would make gym trainers want to weep. A faint trail of hair

s a pillow, his phone rang. More of a sharp and urgent

flicking to the screen and

a hand down his face. "I need t

and paced slightly a

e kind of armor. I watched him with cautious curiosity. He d

the deal. I'll be rig

onfirm it must be one of his boys

hemselves in.' I thought to myself. A busines

the call, he

at name-"I'll have to leave you now. I'll be

's 11 PM, so basically you're saying there's

who I am. You need to deal with tha

k a part o

the

irt tucked over that gorgeous torso and he hastily tightened his shoe lace

g the reality? That was

. "Be a good girl. I don't want to see you out of this house befo

the implication? That someone could be watching me? That was

hing for something-may

softly, though it wa

or clicking

le hurt. And beneath it all, a shameful glint of relief. Because honestly, I wasn't sure what would've happened if he'd

on won over and I fo

lways experience that whenever I am in a new place. Some people ca

bathroom, and che

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drifted off again, this time

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pen and my eyes sn

na

e fuzziness, expe

a woman standing ri

n goddess with almost 6 feet tall and eyel

ekbones and a w

my fiancé's bed?" she asked with her vo

anc