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

one night when I overheard Lorenzo use it in the hallway. “He is a baby.”

Damen dismissed Lorenzo immediately and closed the door.

“I know.”

“Do you? Because everyone around you talks like he’s a chess piece.”

“He is not.”

“He will not grow up as a symbol. He will not be raised by security teams and expectations and men whispering about legacy over his continue reading …