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

to say women always knew when their lives were about to change forever. If that was true, maybe the ache in my chest was not heartbreak.

Maybe it was grief.

Grief for the version of myself that still believed in fairy tales.

My phone buzzed suddenly on the kitchen counter.

Damen.

His name lit up the screen like a warning sign.

I froze.

One call.

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