THE MOMENT CLARE SAW DAMEN MORETTI KISS ANOTHER WOMAN, SHE RAN WITH HIS UNBORN CHILD—BUT THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN NEW YORK FOUND THE BROKEN PREGNANCY TEST, FOLLOWED HER INTO THE SNOW, AND PROVED HE WAS MORE AFRAID OF LOSING HIS FAMILY THAN LOSING HIS EMPIRE

the softness in his voice when he said child.

Not legacy.

Not possession.

Not control.

Child.

Damen lowered his gaze toward my stomach, then spoke so quietly I almost missed it.

“I already love someone I haven’t even met.”

I did not sleep after Damen left that night.

The apartment still smelled faintly of his cologne hours later. Cedarwood and winter air lingered continue reading …