Knocked Up by the Mob Boss - A Mafia Romance

t unexpected. He and my mother had only been married a few weeks when they found out. There was no time to be young and aimless and in love. Suddenly, they needed jobs and a house and secur

ue, but still, to hear my mother say she didn't want

ed your father because he was young and handsome and smart.

ou?" I ask, bitterness d

ad. "You did nothing wrong. I gave up, Zoya. I gave

my hands up. "What have I eve

ge. "Your walls are covered with your dreams. Your father spent a

wn my face. "The graphic

ect her to jab her finger into my chest. "Working here as a maid is a

red all of the details yet. "Just becaus

with the baby while you work. We are only useful to Boris if we are both working. Wh

, regretting opening this f

ether. "You may call him Boris, but he is not your friend, Zoya. He is not your frien

e the many ways I'm failing. I imagined she would come around eventually and offer to help me. Instead, she is simp

into the house befor

un away from

ow all about running away, wouldn't you? You'v

ng else, I walk into my r

ngs hanging above the little desk in the corner of my room, but as the pictures begin to expand outw

ed my artwork up on my walls. I started by copying pictures I found in magazines or characters from television, but as time went on, I began to create my own. Aliens with purple skin and golde

Nothing anyone would care about. No

g it out into the world-hoping for anyone else to care-is only asking f

il, and walk out of the cottage and towards the main house without looking to see where my mom is. I

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e plane begins to descend over St. Petersburg. It is early, fog rolling across the water t

. If I remember correctly, it was buttoned up to her neck when I arrived. Now, it barely covers her cleavage. She mentioned her name when I got on the plane, but I ma

was an attempt to lighten my own mood. Mikhail's predicament is a dark cloud over my head, and I wanted just a tiny ray of sunshine. Unfortunately, li

osite direction, but based on the way she has sashayed up and down the aisle of the plane the entire flight, doing her utmost to give me a pee

anding next to a shiny black car, leaning back with his legs spread wide beneath him, his meaty hands shoved down in his pockets. M

e collecting Mik

part, but those closest to us can. Eve

appointed?"

oo loud for how early it is, but that is how my uncle has always been. Too brash, too loud, too much. It is why he scares people. No

k once with the palm of his hand, and then st

The flight took off

imself as he walks around the back of the car.

e his comment a