ella
k I can't
my spine. His hand was a steel vice aro
ale moonlight to slice through the suffocating darkness of the honeymoon s
nt scream. It wasn't Leo. It was Damien Moretti. T
first assault. I scrambled backward, tangling in the Egyptian cotto
terrifying, unnatural rage that burned in his dark eyes, he descended upon me again. There was no mercy, no hesitat
swallowed by the darkness. He pinned me down, his
k the Moretti leg
ision went black, the last thing I felt being his massive weig
him. My body throbbed with a vicious ache, the ruined sheets a glaring testament to the nightmare I had su
ying picture of composed authority, his dark hair slicked back, a white towel wrapped low
commanded, his voice a
inking back against the carved maho
e sheet away, scooping me up into his arms as easily as if I weighed nothing. He carried me into the fre
fall showerhead, stealing the breath from my lungs. I gasped, wrapping my arms around my knees as
me like a wrathful god. "Explain to me," he demande
attering violently. "The maid-she was
atastrophic human error. He didn't apologize. He simply looked at me with a mixture of disgust and somethin
pulled a thick robe tightly around myself and s
e tunnel. A few yards away, I saw her. Frankie. Her p
breathed, my
retti strolled out, wearing a silk robe and a messy, arrogant smirk. He
. "Morning, Ice Queen. You've got hands, why did
inch. Her eyes we
ed, broken state. A flicker of confusion c
ming a lethal shield. She leaned in close to Leo, her voice droppin
make sure you never leave a whee
rching for a bluff, but found only the chilling promise of vi
silent look, an unbreakable alliance was forged. We wer
her eyes narrowing as she stepped toward him,
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