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

too loudly to understand half of what she said.

I had spent those three days trying to figure out how to tell Damen.

Now I knew I never would.

I walked into the bathroom and turned on the sink, watching water swirl over my trembling fingers. Mascara shadowed beneath my eyes. I looked exhausted already.

Pregnant.

The word still felt unreal.

My mother used continue reading …