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When I woke up the next morning, she was beside me.She was hooked around my body, her arm across my chest, her hair a mess from the way I’d ruffled it the night before. We’d left the couch and made it to the bed, and she was so fucking irresistible that I couldn’t stop myself. I made love to her all night and enjoyed every damn second of it.But now the morning came—and reality with it.“Fuck,” I said under my breath. I scooted out of the bed and was careful not to wake her before I put on my clothes and stepped into the other room. It was cowardly just to take off and leave her there, but I didn’t know what else to do. If Dante knew she’d slept over here, my father would be dead.“Are you leaving?” Her voice reached me from the other room.I froze on the spot, caught in the act.She left the bed, pulled on one of my t-shirts, and then joined me in the other room. Accusation was in her eyes, like she knew nothing had changed despite her expert seduction. “I meant what I said last nig

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SCARLETTI texted Axel a couple times.No response.I refused to believe he really wanted a breakup. Something had spooked him. Or he’d spooked himself. When I went to his place, I thought I could fuck him into thinking logically, but the next morning, he was back to his cold distance. I stormed off and expected him to come after me or text me, but he did neither of those things.I’d never chased a man before, and it didn’t feel good to chase the same man over and over, to convince him to stay with you when he should want that himself.But something still didn’t feel right. Like I had a puzzle with a missing piece. Like I had a research paper without the footnotes. A situation without the context. Axel wouldn’t lie to me, but it felt like he was lying to me now.I was in the office when my father walked in.“Hey, sweetheart.” He was in slacks and a button-up shirt, looking more like a banker than a criminal.“Hey, Dad. Sorry, I’m almost done.” I was way behind schedule, so distracted

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“I know this was a stupid decision on my part, but I don’t regret it.” I wasn’t sure why I’d decided to come clean to my father at the end of my relationship. A part of me believed that it would fix everything, that maybe my father was putting pressure on Axel to walk away, but Axel couldn’t tell me. My father would never do that, but just in case I was wrong about that, I had to ask. “Axel and I have been in a relationship for a couple of months now.” I told him, and I was terrified of the repercussions, but I was also relieved to get it off my chest.He had no reaction at all. His eyes remained hard like I hadn’t said anything at all. There was no body language either, no sigh, no clenched jaw…nothing. His fingers continued to pinch his wineglass, and he didn’t take a drink.When he didn’t react, I continued. “It kinda just happened…and I discovered just how wonderful he is.”My father pulled his fingers away from the glass. He crossed his arms over his chest and sank farther into t

BOOK 2: It Kills Me

AXELSIX MONTHS LATERI hadn’t seen my parents in six months.They’d blocked my number, so I couldn’t text or call, and whenever I showed up to their residence, the guards barred my entry. Trust meetings took place in their absence, their lawyers acting as their puppets. The message was quite clear—I would never speak to them again.But I knew they would be at the art auction this year, a social event they’d attended every year for the last thirty years, and while it wasn’t the best place to provoke them, I needed a chance to say my piece.I didn’t inform anyone that I was attending, because if I did, they were certain not to show up. And sneaking into a hoity-toity party like that was easy. Security only watched the main entrance, but no one hit the main entrance when they snuck into a party anyway.I walked down the alley and used the back entrance, waiting for one of the workers to step out and carry the trash to the dumpster against the adjacent building. He didn’t notice me, so b

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“Good.” Theo returned to the door and leaned against it again.My father had his arm around my mother, trying to soothe her shaking limbs. They were so scared, they acted like they were hostages with bombs strapped to their chests. Neither of them looked at me, keeping their eyes on the table.It pissed me off and made me feel like shit simultaneously. “I’ve never hurt you, and I’m never going to hurt you.”My dad lifted his gaze to me, and his fear was quickly replaced by rage. “It’s taken five surgeries to repair my arm—and it still hurts like a motherfucker. It’ll never be the same, and that’s because of you.”That did make me feel like shit. “I’m sorry that happened, but I had nothing to do with it⁠—”“Nothing to do with it?” Now my mother piped up when she normally held her silence, probably fully on my father’s side now that his arm was permanently injured. “You’re the reason your father was targeted. You’re the reason he was shot.”“And in case you don’t remember, I gave in to

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Theo watched me.“I hate my father…but I would never wish that.”Theo leaned back in the chair, his hair slicked back and his tux tight on his shoulders. “You know what I think?” His thick arms crossed over his chest. “I think you’re too fucking nice, Axel.”My eyes flicked away.“And you know what happens to nice guys? They get fucked over.”“Oh, I know.”“We can’t kill Dante, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get revenge.”“When did this become a we situation?” I turned back to him. He had his own shit to take care of. His own business ventures that took up every minute of his day.“The moment I heard your parents say that god-awful shit to you.”“What’s your idea?” I’d been too depressed these last six months to care about revenge. I spent most of my free time with my wet bar, watching TV alone while life continued without me. Even when I saw Dante, I felt nothing. The last time I’d felt something was when I’d walked into that restaurant with Cassandra and broke my woman’s heart.“You

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I absorbed my father’s rage and let it dissipate. “I think it’s unwise to gamble what we have when we have no idea if this new distributor will be an improvement. And once Axel is gone, we won’t be able to get him back.” He wasn’t as stubborn as my father, but he definitely had his pride. And since he hated my father, I knew he wouldn’t be eager to work with him again, not for all the money in the world.“Trust me, this guy is an improvement.”I felt no allegiance to Axel, not after what he did to me. And I wouldn’t want to work with him directly once my father stepped down. That would be shitty. But I saw Axel’s work on a daily basis, and I knew he was a great partner to have, not someone to be dumped so carelessly…even though he’d dumped me carelessly. “Who is he?”My father relaxed in his chair, his anger starting to evaporate. “The Skull King.”The restaurant was empty when we walked inside, fully booked out for this meeting. I wasn’t sure if my father was responsible for that or

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AXELTheo sat in the armchair and put his feet on the coffee table. “You failed to warn me how fine she was.” A cigar was between his fingers, and his elbow was propped on the armrest. He tilted his head back and let the smoke slowly dissipate from his mouth.I sat in the other armchair across from him, in his living room, the furniture made of wood, the walls made of black marble, the room dark except for the dim lighting from the lamps in the corners. “Because it was never relevant to the story.”“I think it’s pretty fucking relevant,” he said with a chuckle.I didn’t want to listen to Theo tell me how sexy she was, but I really had no reason to be upset about it. Six months had come and gone. She’d probably been with other people, and I knew I had. She wasn’t mine anymore. “How was she?”Theo gave a shrug. “Didn’t say much. Except for when I called her a broomstick and she threatened to break my jaw.” He grinned. “She’s got some spice to her.”“She does.” I missed that spice. But i

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Theo gave a nod. “You have a deal.”“I have another request.” Dante sat up, leaning forward with his arms on his thighs.Theo smirked. “Don’t get too carried away now. I could just kill you and take these.”“Which is why I only brought the one,” Dante said coldly. “And I’m the only one who knows where the other two are located.”Theo’s smile faded. “What’s your stipulation?”Dante was quiet for a long time, like he was having second thoughts about the request. He was right at the finish line, but something tripped him up. “I want you to marry my daughter.”A rush of adrenaline flooded my blood and fueled my muscles for battle. The edges of my vision blurred with the color red. I could feel the spike in my heart rate, but I could also hear it in the pounding in my ears.What the fuck did he just say?Theo’s eyes flicked to mine in the mirror just for a nanosecond. He corrected himself instantly, shifting his gaze toward the window like his stare had been a meaningless reaction. He kept

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“Yes.”“And he said it was fine?”He gave a nod.“Are—are you sure?”Now he grinned. “He was enthused.”That was the opposite message my father had given me. He said it was important to be professional, always.Theo’s grin remained. “You don’t believe me.”“It’s just…my father has always said it’s unwise to get involved with people from work⁠—”“Looks like he’s made an exception for me.” He rose from the table and pushed in the chair. “See you tonight.” He turned and headed to the door.“Wait, didn’t you come here to speak to my father?”He opened the door before he looked at me again. “No.”I watched him go, his tight ass snug in his jeans. After he got into his sports car and drove off, I walked into my father’s office where he sat at his desk.He was on the phone. “Just because the ships are delayed doesn’t mean our delivery needs to be delayed. Find another way, Rigo.” He hung up then looked at me. “Did you need something, sweetheart?”“So, Theo was just here…”“Alright.”“He aske

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