The Forbidden Desire

Unveiling

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on my laptop. The weight of my reality weighed me down like a crushing force the more I discovere

ver, as I dug deeper, I saw hints of something more sinister. Old police files kept mentioning a name: Nicholas Moretti, a reputed

out Moretti's disappearance, a shiver went down my

sed him. And you'll discover who was ho

he author was anonymous and the thr

fficials or laundering money. H

door. As I closed my laptop and crept nearer the do

o

illed the tiny room, and his black eyes surveyed me. In a h

ng breath. "I be

eyebrow. "S

the article again, and pointed at the screen. Daniel wasn'

His face was unreadab

. "You we

i wasn't just any criminal. He was the type of man who m

ough me. "Whatever

his silence more om

reath. "Did Dan

ion?" He moved in closer. "Whatever you've discovered is hazardous.

ossed my arms. "I can't sim

d. "Then we proceed with caution." He spoke

nk I was safe b

ough, I was no

out over the city in Tony's apartment. Everything I had discovered was ma

know the

drink while standing close to the bar, his mo

w. "I have a qu

met me as he looke

ep forward. "I was warne

ained the sa

ised my voice above a whisper. "That ther

glass more tightly. "And

ath. "I'm not sure what I

glass and approached me slowly and methodically. He reached out when he was just a

ed in a firm yet quiet voice. "I've ruined people." Most people wouldn't be able to handle

ry throat

lled down to my wrist. "You b

sted that. How my flesh still scorched under

a." My voice faltered. "Of you.

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eart

s it?"

time before he eventually

hill go do

ook hi

s eyes grew gloomy. "But I wa

and what to think. I was gradually getting into a

ice above a whisper, "Tell me the t

s, and I briefly believ

you as long as I'm breathing," leani

han just terror when he sai

most afrai

d kept as far away from him as I could. However, I didn't. My heart was raci

eathing, no one wi

ust a pledge. It s

some reason, I never felt safer in my husband's house t

kable charge in the air between us. His voice was low

"I'm not sure what I s

hed my wrist. He answered, "Then s

eclined. I ought

as his lips

nto him, and the fire that had been building between us for weeks finally erupted. As though he wanted to own me-no

gasped as he pulled me onto the counter. I lost myse

g," he whispered

Not out of t

of d

f nec

e that Tony DeLuca was the o

he drew back a little. Brenda

nt. I wanted hi

in trouble be

e by m

ld. I lay there looking up at the ceiling for a while, t

I was u

more than a shattered woman fleeing a hor

as not only risky but also careless. I was caught up in something t

hen I heard a kn

the covers about me. There was a hotel emp

is was lef

ng hands and scowled

hrugged.

, staring at the box, my stomach churning. As I ca

iece of pape

t after picking it up

or you'll

e note. Panic clawed its way up my thro

being

ger merely f

there was an

I didn't know