The Villain's Diamond

onditioning sounded like a roar. The two enforcers standing guard by the heavy double doors looked like they

iberate, designed to break the confidence of anyone standing in his path. But as his gaze locked onto Elena, his cold expr

seemed to consume the space between them. His stormy grey eyes traced the curve of her jaw, d

ich, velvety register that sent a sudden, traitorous shiver straight down her spine. He didn't p

ngers moved smoothly over the fabric of her cargo pants, resting his heavy palm directly on

ueezed lightly-a slow, possessive pressure that

on a screen," he whispered, leaning in until his lips were brushing th

lose three cargo fleets today, watch them sink to the bottom of the ocean, and it wouldn't even register as a rounding error

ng, and the sensation of his hand on her thigh was making it incredibly hard to focus. But Elena h

she leaned directly into his space, tilting her head back to l

etween them. She let a slow, seductive smirk play on her lips, intentionally

l make him look incompetent in front of his own men. Your wallet might survive the hit, Capo, but your massive, overinflated ego d

ough his icy exterior. The sheer audacity of this girl teasing him, pushing his buttons

im, who trembled when he entered a room, and who agreed with ever

der, his lips hovering barely a millimeter from hers. She coul

me want to do things to you that have absolutely n

her hands slowly up his chest, her fingers deliberately tracing the hard ridges of his collarb

u're planning to actually kiss me or kill me, you're wasting my valuable time. And right now, your

his hand away from her thigh, but not before his thumb deliberately brushed against her inn

ng a dominant shadow across the mahogany table. He fastened the middle button of his gray ve

asked, leaning down over her chair, trapping her completely between his arms as he gripped the heavy w

g to track that ghost fleet live, in the middle of the storm, right next to me. If you sol

y intoxicating kiss right against the sensitive skin of her jawline. Elena gasped sof

ht," he whispered against her skin, his voice dropping to a smoldering growl. Elena's face bu

onally letting her hips graze his thigh as she moved out from be

iant, mocking wink over her shoulder as she be

I'd hate for your multi-billion-dollar insurance policy to get canceled becaus

adult life, the supreme Capo of the East Coast was genuinely, thrillingly terrified of exactly what he had just b