The Mafia Prince's Secret Lover

Sienna's nights

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ed to the sleek black device, R

when you

. As if he had already

e wors

herous part of

s off. It was past midnight, but sleep refused to come. Her thoughts ta

pu

of her apartment bef

on over her tank top and leggin

his hour. She walked without a destination, her body mo

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asn't

her steps, h

et, shadows stretching long i

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ma

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th

reeched to a s

n, and before Sienna could r

in, S

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ore shoving the pepper spray back i

xt breath, the car peeled away, leaving the sha

, charged with adrenaline and so

came fast as she

ering wheel, jaw clenched, ey

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ed hard. "H

d, gaze flicking toward her

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n-" she

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an down h

she beli

ied her more th

steady roar of the engine and th

arely restraining something far more dangerous than she could comprehend. She

e hadn't even processed the reality of what almost happened bef

im interior of his sleek black car,

ll was she

lence, low and sharp. His eyes didn't leave the road, but she coul

her voice to steady. "I d

re was no humor in it. "No. B

ned at his words.

I hadn't shown up tonight, what

admit that a very real possibility of danger had

ng past them. "I don't understand how you're always th

d tighter. "It'

in her chest. "It's very important! You don't ge

made her breath catch. His green eyes burned, dark and

tbeat sk

's mine," he added,

ation and something else swirlin

ked in his j

spine. She hated the way her body reacted, how

m see that. Wouldn't gi

she said quietly, gaze ste

between them was thick, charged, teetering on

treet, the car rolling to a smooth stop outside an unmarked buil

wned. "Whe

s seat, turning fully toward her. His eyes softened, bu

show you

as already out of the car, mo

eaming at her to stay put. But curio

ilding. It wasn't flashy like she'd expect from someone

code, and the do

owed him

but as he flicked on the li

what she

goods. Instead, it was filled with supplies. Medical equip

d to him,

, we ship these supplies to the outskirts. Hospit

ed. "Why are you

slightly. "Because I want you to understand. You see

swal

ake care of people who don't have anyone else. A

ly in her chest. She searched

his gaze pinne

whispered, voice cracking sligh

gently tracing along her jaw,

ing," he murmured. "Exc

eath h

nough to feel the warmth of it, the safety it promised ev

lled back, taki

trust you

es dar

he said softly,

ched, heavy with

toward the exit. "L

sitated,

everything, despite the war

ready to

t

be... n

ely slept

at the ceiling, Rafael's

you-whether you

s the p

Bianchi took what he wanted, owned what he wanted. And he had

ne he'd given her, the sleek black devi

uldn't

coul

nt acknowledging that a

used to giv

, tucked away on the outskirts of Milan, had become her second home-a place where she

ay, she fe

ia. After last night's encounter, it

rning, she wa

was foll

ts needing attention. But between appointments, when she

The slight shift of movemen

sn't

s was d

ure lingering outside the clinic's entrance, only

er nerves

st the counter,

ogether,

Cos

one of the clinic's nurses

u o

smile. "Yeah.

? You've been looking over

been tha

tated, debating wheth

he front doors of t

g inside Sien

Bianchi had j

atients, nurses-everyone's

ossible no

essly. His presence sucked the oxygen from the room, a storm cloud d

stantly, and she felt the weig

sn't

arp suits failing to disguise

kled at the ba

s he

voice was smooth, but

ignore the way her pulse reac

ad, he took his time, surveying the

y, he

ed to

d. She could feel the

n't a go

but the amusement didn't r

tion sparked in her

rkened. "No

not just from anger-but from

he way it slipped from his lips like

, she consid

th

ide the clinic

rk f

she had not

lse qu

ze, his expression sha

was all

r wrist, his grip firm but not painful,

otested, but

ly room, shutting the door be

art pounding. "You don't get t

nored

closer, voice low. "

th caugh

d, his tone dangerously c

ow. But I think they've been fo

tched. He reached into his p

dered, stepping ba

her chest. "Wa

a sharp look. "S

n he wa

ky breath, pressing

life turne

ave men lurking in the shadows, wasn't supposed to be havin

own, she a

omething she

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es pa

h

nf

blood r

the door flew open, Rafael appearing in

e lea

ch twiste

ce left no roo

fael grabbed her hand and

hind counters, fear etched across their faces. The fr

outs

dark

me

it

me fast, panic cla

is going on?"

s grip on her was tight as he

message." His vo

t him, heart rac

flicked

o my world

e last remnants of her

lled her into his car and the city b

s in t

was no tur