The Mafia's Undercover Princess

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n was hiding from me? Because app

f me like she just walked off a runway and into my personal hell. I barely had time to

icks up off the street?" she sneered, cocking her perfectly arched b

sults like we were in some midday soap opera, I focused

arms. "Who allowed you in, and how ex

calated and she brushed a hair on my head the wrong way, I could beat her to a pulp with my eyes closed.

said, dramatically flipping her hair over her shoulder. "But I don't need anyone's permiss

er was already gett

d this time, it was laced with venom and her full chest.

aintest smile. "I'm just a friend. But I think

ed-oh, she didn't

significant going on between her and Kraven, but I wasn't about to let her string

leaming with challenge. "Mafia dons will fuck anything-especially when they're trying to get over the girl who actually matters to t

e're really

erously. That last line scratched something in me. I was many

sharpen just enough to cut. "Here's a little advice, since clearly you skipped etiquette

t the tension ticking like

in her eyes-the part where she realized I

cheek, I caught her wrist mid-air with my left hand, twisted it b

growled through clenched teeth, jerking her arm behind her back and

mbered what my brain didn't need to overthink-years of self-defense classes and po

and nearing, and I knew that it was best for me to loosen my grip on her slight

rfect

open, and Krav

man." His voice boomed,

did. Getting Kraven to side with me over this w

ed by this she-devil, never suspecting that five seconds earlier I had her in a headlock. Let's just

m Kraven to me, realization dawning in her eyes. I didn't care to meet

ntly brushed over my arm like he wasn't sure where to start. But I had a diffe

to tell me that you w

engaged to her-or anyone," he said, cutting a glare toward Se

him not to deny it but he wa

ou're single," I said, raising

early frustrated, but not with me. Wit

finding out about this circus act

n't seen her in months. We ended things. Whateve

to look offended. "Kraven, don't be dramatic. I know wh

en in this game for a long while, and as a Mafia, he must be doing this for fun effortlessly.