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

in the tiny kitchen like a memory refusing to fade.

I curled under two blankets on the couch while snow kept falling outside and replayed every word he had said.

I already love someone I haven’t even met.

Men like Damen Moretti were not supposed to say things like that.

They were supposed to talk about control, legacy, ownership.

Not love.

Especially not continue reading …