Chapter 30: Full Circle
Two years later. I stood in Lucia’s new bedroom—the one she’d decorated herself with posters of dinosaurs and her soccer […]
He broke her heart and didn’t know he left her pregnant. Years later, fate traps them in a fake engagement to protect their son—and each other.
A passionate, high-stakes romance of betrayal, family, and love reborn in the shadows of the mafia.
Two years later. I stood in Lucia’s new bedroom—the one she’d decorated herself with posters of dinosaurs and her soccer […]
The nightmares came back worse than ever. Lucia woke up screaming every night. Sometimes multiple times. “The shadow man! He’s
Three months after Anton Russo’s death, I started noticing things. Small things. Insignificant on their own. A car that appeared
One month after the fight. Dante and I still weren’t back to normal. We were civil. Co-parenting effectively. Sleeping in
Six months into the Vegas arrangement, the cracks started showing. We’d fallen into a pattern. Two weeks in New York.
Three months later, we landed in Las Vegas. The city stretched below us—a glittering oasis in the desert. All lights
Caleb’s men handled the cleanup. Efficiently. Professionally. Like this was just another Tuesday night. Maybe in their world, it was.
The formal hearing was held at a neutral location—a private estate owned by one of the elder families. Switzerland, they
Alexei gestured to a chair in the center of the room. “Please. Sit. Tell us everything.” I walked toward it,
By noon, Julian had pulled something useful. “Boss, you need to see this.” His face filled the screen in Dante’s