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

of every medical pamphlet.

One terrifying attempt at assembling a crib that ended with him muttering Italian curses under his breath while I laughed so hard I cried.

He still terrified most people without trying.

But with me, with this baby, Damen was careful in ways that almost hurt to witness.

Like he was constantly afraid one wrong move would make me continue reading …