LOGINCamillaDinner was almost peaceful.Emphasis on the almost.Then the doors opened and Isabella walked in.She was dressed in a deep burgundy gown that swept the floor behind her. Her dark hair was pinned up in a style that looked effortless but had probably taken an hour. In her hands was a slim rectangular box wrapped in gold paper."Don Vittorio." Her voice was warm and practiced. She moved toward him with open arms. "I'm so sorry I wasn't here to receive you."Vittorio rose slightly from his seat and accepted her embrace with genuine warmth. A smile broke across his face, it almost made him look fatherly."Isabella." He held her at arm's length and looked at her with obvious approval. "You look wonderful. Every time I see you, you look more like your mother.""You're too kind." She laughed softly and set the gold box on the table in front of him. "I brought this from Milan. I remembered you mentioned once that you preferred the aged ones."He opened the box. Inside was a bottle of
CamillaThe second I reached my room, I shut the door and leaned against it.At least right now, nobody was looking at me. Nobody was ordering me around. Nobody was standing too close. Nobody had their hand beside my head while staring at my mouth.My eyes squeezed shut.God.Why was I still thinking about that?I pushed away from the door and walked toward the vanity. A week ago my biggest problem had been surviving an arranged marriage. Now my biggest problem was trying not to think about my husband's son.That felt significantly worse.A knock interrupted my thoughts. The door opened before I could answer. Martha entered with two maids behind her. One carried garment bags. The other carried jewelry boxes.I immediately frowned. "What is all that?""The master is returning, Mrs. Salvatore."As if I could somehow forget."Therefore you must prepare."I almost laughed. Prepare. The word made it sound like a military operation. Judging by the speed with which they descended upon me, m
Camilla Lucas climbed into the driver's seat without another word.The door shut behind him, and just like that, the moment between us dissolved like it had never happened. Like he hadn't just been inches from my face with his breath on my lips and his hand pressed against the window behind my head.I turned and stared out the window.Lucas drove quietly with one hand loose on the wheel while the other rested on his thigh. He looked unbothered. Unlike me. I scowled, bastard."What about Sofia?" I asked, breaking the silence.Lucas didn't respond immediately. He just kept his eyes on the road."Lucas." I turned in my seat to look at the side of his face. "I asked you a question. That girl was hurt. She had marks on her neck, on her arms. You saw them too. You can't just.."The car's Bluetooth cut me off with a sharp ringing sound.Lucas pressed the button on the steering wheel without hesitation. "Talk."Ivan's voice came through."The girl is sorted. She's in a safe house off Meri
Camilla The music thumped through the walls of the alcove. It was a dull bass beat that matched the throb of anger building inside me. The man, Alfredo still had his hand suspended in the air, frowning at Lucas."You think I'm scared of you, pretty boy?" Alfredo spat but he lowered his hand. "I have an alliance with your father, boy. You touch me, and the alliance is off."Lucas stepped closer, and the air in the alcove seemed to tighten with tension. He was wearing that smile again and my stomach flipped for reasons I refused to examine."Alfredo," Lucas began quietly, "you know I don't really give a fuck about that, right?"Alfredo's smile fell. "You'd start a war over this? Over some bitch and a waitress?"Lucas tilted his head, studying Alfredo like he was examining a particularly uninteresting specimen. "What I start," he said quietly, "is my fucking business."Alfredo swallowed hard. I could see him trying to summon back the bravado he'd had a moment ago, but it was gone. Just
LucasI led Camilla through the crowd, my hand wrapped around her wrist tighter than it needed to be. "Lucas, you are hurting me." she said as she stumbled after me.I knew that and funnily, that wasn't the only thing I wanted to do to her.It took everything in me not to drag her back to the car and wear that stupid gown she had been wearing before over her. The top she was wearing had clung to all the curves in her body and the fact that a strand of her red hair was resting atop her boobs wasn't helping me. It wasn't helping my attention and plenty of my men.I saw Marco's gaze track her as we passed. Then fucking Elio, who was supposed to be watching the goddamn door.I clenched my jaw. I was going to have a word or two with them later.I pulled her up the stairs and into the VIP section, which was near the rooms. Camilla sat down on the couch and crossed her legs, looking up at me like she was waiting for something.I dragged my eyes away from her thighs and turned to look at D
Camilla Lucas looked me over. "Go change," he said.I blinked. "What?""Go to your room and change into something you can move in." He replied. "Something practical that could pass as a club wear. "I frowned "I don't have a...""Find one or you are not coming."He walked out of the study before I could ask another question.Asshole.I went back to my room and began to dig into the clothes I just bought. I'm relieved I had done some shopping. Because all the clothes Vittorio had bought for me were not my style at all.I finally found a black leather bum short and a matching black top. They were an impulse purchase that had made no sense at the time. Elijah had raised an eyebrow when I'd handed them to the cashier, but he hadn't asked questions. Thankfully he wasn't here to stop me either.I stripped off my dress and pulled on the trousers. Then I grabbed a practical black gown that went past my knees and shrugged it on over everything.The last thing I needed was the workers looking







