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ing him rise from a scarred street soldie
eight-week-old heartbeat inside me, he canceled
innocence, untouched by t
hout hesitation, Dominic stripped me of my rin
forced me to chug raw moonshine to p
omach. I collapsed and miscarried our baby
wife laughed, point
d packs to manipulate you
o previous miscarriages on the run,
e cold floor of his club, thinking I wa
t know my tr
Family, I rolled up the tinted window of my armored S
pte
hia
of the Falcone Family-a man whose jaw was still slick with another woman's lipstick-informed me
the man beside whom I
Boss of the most feared syndicate in the city. He was a man who commande
belt, a motion made mechanical by ye
I knew too well bloomed on my skin. Then he leaned back int
is voice a smooth, polished stone, devoid of any fissure of guilt
n the car, a low thrum against the rhythmic
ed engine, refusing to turn o
an's legal husband, would be a discourtesy to my new br
ssed my lips. My hand moved to m
of an ultrasound scan. I had been waiting for the right si
I finally managed, th
harming, dangerous smile that had
trail through my hair. "But you must understand the nature of men, Sophia. We cra
djusted his e
stand in as a groom for the ceremony. It w
und paper in my pocket, the cr
n underground safehouses because we were constant
ly, looking out the tinted window. "It to
ng another woman for half a ye
, his gaze shifting back to the interio
hick, bulletproof glass of the
ndprints, pressed against
ed, and the sour taste of bile flooded my mouth. Tea
upped my face with both hands, his thum
inely confused
pping to a low, proprietary rumble. "You will
hands and looked at the custo
ss out the win
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