LOGINPRESENT DAY“Nico!” Gemma yelled as she intercepted as I was walking back into the ballroom. I tried to ignore her but she caught up to me and grabbed my hand.Maybe it was the argument I’d just had with my wife but her touch on me made me want to rip her into a million different pieces. I grabbed her arm and pushed her into a pillar. Luckily, all the photographers were either inside or gone.And those who took pictures wouldn’t dare go against me. Italy was my turf and I was far too powerful for someone to think it would be funny to mess with me.“I have told you to leave me alone all night, and you have lingered around like a dog thinking I have a bone. I entertained you to make Tally jealous and told you to fuck off, but you didn’t. I have treated you like a lady all night and refrained from being rude or violent out of the respect I have for your father.”Her eyes shone with something other than fear, and I knew I had to scare the living shit out of her to make her stay away from
PRESENT DAYI was at the bar drinking some water because of how many glasses of whiskey I had taken with a man who saved me from toppling over when I stumbled. I was tipsy as hell, and maybe I should have stuck to champagne.“Are you feeling okay?” The man asked me.My head was spinning, and I was starting to feel okay, but I needed to lie down badly. The alcohol was starting to make me feel emotional because a total stranger was the one taking care of me while my husband had another woman by his side.He didn’t touch her or acknowledge her like that, but it didn’t matter as long as he was not telling her off and asking her to stay away from him. He knew how I felt about her, and it didn’t deter him from entertaining him.I wanted to cry, but I was at an event, and I didn’t want to do that where everyone would be watching me. I needed to freshen myself up because the action was almost starting, and I had my eye on a crown on sale.“Could you please escort me to the bathroom?” I asked
PRESENT DAYI expected my husband to hunt me down and try to talk to me but he didn’t. He seemingly discussed business with other associates both male and female. I hated how much some of his female counterparts talked to him.Some were flirting and others were hanging on to his every word. To his credit, he was very charming and it was hard to resist him and his charms. But I didn’t like how they were actin when his ring was very visible on his finger.But I would rather drown my frustrations with whiskey than beg for his attention. The way he didn’t acknowledge his presence would make you think he didn’t know who I was. If it wasn’t for Eliana, I doubt he would have talked to me that night.I hated the tension between us but it was not mine to diffuse. He was the one who abandoned me at the hospital, refused to speak to me, apologize, or explain why he did what he did. But then again I thought about how he knew I was hiding something.I was not sure if I had any grounds to get angry
EIGHT MONTHS AGOOne moment Nic and I were having at the table, and the next, we were in the women’s bathroom; one hand was around my neck and the other was under my dress, and he was tracing the line of my lace thong.My back was to his chest, and he was pushing me into the sink. My hands were gripping it tightly as all the intense feelings started to set in. Nic made sure I was bent over so he could lift my short bodycon dress until it was around my waist.He groaned when he got a good look at the panties I was wearing. It was a red thong to match my red dress. My ass cheeks completely swallowed the string in the back. I knew what I was doing when I wore them to dinner.“Couldn’t wait for this, huh?” He asked. When I didn’t answer, he gripped my neck tighter and pushed his bulge into my pussy. He was teasing me, and it was driving me insane. He knew we were in a restaurant bathroom, and he was taking his sweet time.He parted my cheeks to take out the string before he snapped it bac
PRESENT DAYEliana was standing right in front of me. I hadn’t seen her in months. The last time I saw her, she was mad at me because I was unable to give her what she wanted.She was in a white dress, which stood out because every other woman in the room was in red. People were already starting to look at us. I looked around the room to see if Nico was in the room, and he wasn’t.I would have spotted him immediately if he was.I grabbed Eliana’s hand discreetly with a smile on my face. “Let’s get out of here. I don’t want us creating a scene here.”She pushed me away aggressively and shook her head. More people were looking, and some were even whispering. There was no way Nico wouldn’t find out that the incident had happened.But I couldn’t think about that in the moment. I had to find a way to make sure she left me alone. She was visibly mad, and I couldn’t blame her, but as a member of Sovereign Justice, she was supposed to be discreet.“You haven’t been answering my calls or my me
NINE MONTHS AGO“Your brother promised me a painting that has been passed down in your family for generations in exchange for Viktor’s location and my father’s men.” I told Nico when I saw him.He was apparently a very busy man and only came to the house to shower, strategize with his brothers, and leave. Samson was ecstatic when he learned I would be getting married to Nico instead of Nero.He hated Nico more than anything and he wanted revenge. Too bad I wasn’t engaged to Nero. I would have made his life a living hell. Nico was, however, a stepping stone in destroying the entire DeLuca family.Samson told me to steal as many secrets as Nico had and to report all of them which was what I planned to do. I may have been fucking him but I convinced myself it was a just a step I had to take to be able to get all his secrets.All I had to do was act like the wife of a mafia boss and make sure he understood I was going to sit through all his meetings and be privy to all he was talking abou







